A Japanese bluefin tuna that fetched nearly 10 million yen at the year-opening auction is shown at Tokyo's Tsukiji market Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. The premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma and weighing 282.48 pounds (128.4 kilograms) was auctioned for 9.63 million yen ($104,700), the highest since 2001, when another Japanese bluefin tuna fetched an all-time record of 20 million yen, market official Takashi Yoshida said.
Giant bluefin tuna weighing 1,108 lbs. caught in 2001 off Prince Edward Sound
Sorry Charlie
To: All
2 posted on
01/05/2009 11:55:54 AM PST by
JoeProBono
(Apparitions are in the eye of the beholder)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Does it have that great dolphin flavor I grew up with?
9 posted on
01/05/2009 12:04:37 PM PST by
dfwgator
(I hate Illinois Marxists)
To: JoeProBono
Always remember...you can lead a horse to water but you have to carry a tuna.
11 posted on
01/05/2009 12:09:08 PM PST by
Snurple
(VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
To: JoeProBono
The cheapest Sushi around these parts is at Lakeside Bait and Tackle......
17 posted on
01/05/2009 12:17:48 PM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(Today is just a little more special than yesterday.)
To: JoeProBono
Just what is a domestic bluefin? One caught in your own national waters? Or do they have Bluefin farms?
20 posted on
01/05/2009 12:26:58 PM PST by
BoneHead
To: JoeProBono
My Dad looking up at a 660 pound bluefin tuna he caught in 31 minutes. He gave it away.
28 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).
29 posted on
01/05/2009 1:51:30 PM PST by
ravinson
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!
34 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!
35 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: JoeProBono
Lol, Big Tuna.
37 posted on
01/05/2010 2:50:53 PM PST by
pcottraux
(Go and get them, Grass Man!)
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