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754-pound tuna sells for $400,000
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| Jan. 5, 2011
Posted on 01/06/2011 8:42:11 AM PST by JoeProBono
TOKYO, - The first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market saw a 754-pound blue fin tuna sell for nearly $400,000.
The blue fin tuna, a species highly regarded for sushi making, was purchased Tuesday by a joint bid from a Tokyo restaurant and a Hong Kong sushi chain, the BBC reported Wednesday.
The fish, which was caught off the Japanese island of Hokkaido, was one of 500 to be sold in the fish market's first auction of the year Tuesday.
Tsukiji market traders said the price of tuna has been rising due to increased Chinese demand for sushi and tightened restrictions put in place due to overfishing concerns.
TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: tuna
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To: JoeProBono
What...His wife wouldn’t let him put it on the wall??
To: All
Whoops....forgot....paper walls..
To: JoeProBono
I guess the good stuff doesn’t get canned?
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:45:58 AM PST
by
GeronL
(How DARE you have an opinion!!)
To: GeronL
I guess the good stuff doesnt get canned?Sorry, Charlie
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:47:20 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(This is me, in a nutshell: "Let me out of here...I'm trapped in a nutshell!!!!")
To: JoeProBono
I'm glad he found a new gig. But in Japan?
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:47:31 AM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: JoeProBono
Wonder how many eggs that tuna would have generated(each year)?..
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:51:44 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: hosepipe
i.e. meaning baby tunas...
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:52:44 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: JoeProBono
This story doesn’t pass the smell test.
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:53:46 AM PST
by
GSWarrior
To: JoeProBono
12,064 ounces for $33.13 an ounce. Include bones, organs and waste in that price.
Insane.
Consider that slaughter cattle in the U.S. runs about 7 cents an ounce on average.
To: JoeProBono
why is the two blind lesbians joke first thing in my dirty mind?
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posted on
01/06/2011 8:54:28 AM PST
by
wardaddy
("Out Here" by Josh Thompson pretty much says it all to those who will never understand anyhow)
To: JoeProBono
I wonder how much they'd give for this 500 lb whale ?
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
“Insane.”
You want insane? A Rod makes $40,000 per at bat.
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:03:22 AM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
( Happy Freeping New Year)
To: JoeProBono
This story is a little fishy.
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:24:13 AM PST
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: JoeProBono
I know when I was Black Cod fishing in AK, our entire catch went to Japan, they would pay top $$$.
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:25:06 AM PST
by
italybub
To: TheCipher
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:26:54 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
You can tune a piano, but can you tune a fish?
I'm sorry....I got nothin'.
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:27:35 AM PST
by
Allegra
(You're a towel.)
To: JoeProBono
Tuna is becoming a scarce commodity, relatively speaking. It’s no wonder at those prices.
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:42:11 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
To: italybub
Sablefish This fish is also known as a Black Cod. This is a much sought after commercial species
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posted on
01/06/2011 9:42:11 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Allegra
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01/06/2011 9:44:36 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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