This year, the 525-pound fish went to the seafood wholesaler ... told Bloomberg about bidding on the fish. The price paid for the bluefin tuna was three times the final amount of last year's ...
In 2019, a single fish sold for $3 million. At 612 pounds, the Pacific bluefin tuna cost over $5,000 per pound. Some conservationists think the price wasn't high enough; Pacific bluefin tunas were ...
Bluefin tuna are top ocean predators and sometimes hunt cooperatively, much like wolves. With streamlined bodies and retractable fins, they can bolt through the water at speeds of up to 50 miles per ...
For example, the record price paid out in 2019 amounted to about 1.2 million yen per 1 kg. And while the ... both in Japan and abroad. The bluefin tuna auction is handled by five major wholesalers ...
Bluefin tuna have been eaten by humans for centuries. However, in the 1970s, demand and prices for large bluefins soared worldwide, particularly in Japan, and commercial fishing operations found ...