Bluefin Tuna Sells For $632,000 At Tsukiji Auction; $1,356 Per Pound

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TOKYO — A sushi chain boss paid $632,000 for a 466-pound bluefin tuna at auction on Thursday. The 74.2 million yen winning bid for the prized but imperiled species was the second highest ever after a record 155.4 million yen bid in 2013 at the annual New Year auction at the famed Tsukiji market.

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Japanese are the biggest consumers of the torpedo-shaped bluefin tuna, and surging consumption of sushi has boosted demand, as experts warn the species could go extinct.

A report by the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean last year put the population of bluefin tuna at 2.6 percent of its "unfished" size, down from an earlier assessment of 4.2 percent.

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission tightened international limits in 2015 as the species remained under threat, halving the catch of bluefin tuna under 30 kilograms (66 pounds) from the average caught between 2002 and 2004.

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bluefin-tuna-sells-632-000-tsukiji-s-new-year-auction-n703396

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Was it radioactive?

http://naturalsociety.com/radiation-tuna-tripled-since-fukushima-new-study-says/

http://www.naturalnews.com/052415_Fukushima_bluefin_tuna_radiation.html

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/tuna-safe-post-fukushima/

[Dustlawyer]

2. A businessman such as this "Sushi Boss" should not be so short sighted!

It is not good business practice to run it into the ground, or should I say sink it into the empty sea!

I love sushi but stopped eating it due to this behavior. Other sushi lovers should do the same since the ones running the market and the commercial fisherman cannot control themselves. We should let the market decide is killing the market!