The most expensive bluefin tuna ... fish caught off Oma, Aomori Prefecture, went for just 20.8 million yen ($202,270) to Yamayuki, the market’s intermediary wholesaler. The price was a sharp ...

this 5-ounce can of wild skipjack tuna can be purchased for $4.14, definitely a pricier item in the realm of canned fish.

Sadly, bluefin remains on the menu in some restaurants. The sushi market keeps prices for tuna high — a single tuna sold for $177,000 in a fish market in 2010 — and encourages illegal and unreported ...

The year’s first tuna auctions traditionally ignite high-priced bidding wars because the fish are highly coveted as a sign of good luck. Kimura has also said that paying the highest price brings ...