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Tuna Fetches $100,000 at Auction
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| Monday 1/05/09
Posted on 01/05/2009 11:51:36 AM PST by JoeProBono
Two sushi bar owners fork over $104,700 for a 282-pound bluefin tuna at a Tokyo auction. That breaks down to $370 per pound, many times higher than the average of $25 per pound. Why so pricey? "It was the best tuna of the day, but the price shot up because of the shortage of domestic bluefin," which is attributed to bad weather, an official says.
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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: fish; fishing; tuna
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To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
01/05/2009 12:31:24 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: BoneHead
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posted on
01/05/2009 12:42:18 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: Joiseydude
Maybe I should just toss this thread?
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Tunarama: the Tuna Tossing Festival (Australia)
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:04:52 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:07:51 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(I hate Illinois Marxists)
To: snarks_when_bored
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:14:14 PM PST
by
null and void
(Amendment 28: Islam is not recognized as an establishment of religion in the United States.)
To: dfwgator
Albacore Punishment?
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:17:10 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
“You can tune a piano but you can’t tuna fish”
REO Speedwagon
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:27:09 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
("Control the information, you control the people.")
To: JoeProBono
My Dad looking up at a 660 pound bluefin tuna he caught in 31 minutes. He gave it away.
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:43:39 PM PST
by
cabojoe
To: JoeProBono
Two sushi bar owners fork over $104,700 for a 282-pound bluefin tuna at a Tokyo auction. That breaks down to $370 per pound... That proves it. Sushi is highly addictive and causes severe brain damage that compels sushi junkies to do anything for a raw fish fix. Time to put Bluefin on the schedule of controlled substances (alongside those toads that people lick).
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:51:30 PM PST
by
ravinson
To: EQAndyBuzz
“You can tune a piano but you can’t tuna fish”
Wanna bet?
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:57:24 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: cabojoe
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posted on
01/05/2009 1:59:31 PM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
To: cabojoe
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posted on
01/05/2009 2:04:01 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
Domo Arigato!
That's some article.
Four farms started out selling about 800 fish, but in 2009, the cooperative plans to ship 4,000 fish and double that number in 2010.
Thats 5 x from inception and a projected doubling in 2010.
Then they start talking about the thousands of tons shipped anually the farming is only a small percentage.
Wow!
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posted on
01/05/2009 2:10:55 PM PST
by
BoneHead
To: JoeProBono
In that case, I’m selling my delicious thighs and buttocks. They are fresh, and if I do say so, extremely well shapoed!
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posted on
01/05/2009 2:34:53 PM PST
by
Doc Savage
("Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball? - Harris to Cerrano - Major League)
To: JoeProBono
In that case, I’m selling my delicious thighs and buttocks. They are fresh, and if I do say so, extremely well shaped!
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posted on
01/05/2009 2:37:38 PM PST
by
Doc Savage
("Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball? - Harris to Cerrano - Major League)
To: Doc Savage
" I’m selling my delicious thighs and buttocks. They are fresh, and if I do say so, extremely well shaped!"
Nice pecs too
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posted on
01/05/2009 2:54:07 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
Lol, Big Tuna.
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posted on
01/05/2010 2:50:53 PM PST
by
pcottraux
(Go and get them, Grass Man!)
To: pcottraux
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01/05/2010 2:58:28 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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