| 'New Year Tuna' sells for $1.7M at Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market.
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Business is booming for the Japanese fish market with a sale of a single tuna clocking in at a whopping 1.7 million USD at the New Year opening tuna auction in Tokyo on Saturday (January 5).
More than triple the price of last year's highest bid, one pound of the northern Japan tuna will cost nearly 3,600 USD.
The highest bidder was the owner of popular sushi chain 'Sushi Zanmai' located nation-wide Kiyoshi Kimura.
The pricey tuna was immediately transported from the Tokyo-based Tsukiji fish market several blocks to a branch of Sushi Zanmai, where some customers were lucky to get a slice of the celebrity bluefin.
Blue fin is the highest grade of tuna, and is known for its tender meat.
Smashing all previous records, this sale may mean that the marine products industry could be looking at a profitable 2013.
[Hiroyuki Taguchi, Daiichi Marine President]: "Last year I stood here in the same place to... |
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