Can you believe it, but two sushi bar owners paid $104,700 for a bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction on Monday. That is the highest price since 2001. The 282 pound premium tuna caught off the northern coast of Oma fetched $370 per pound.
Prices at Tokyo fish markets for typical tuna are less than $25 per pound. But I didn't know that the bluefin tuna is considered by gourmets to be the best, and when sliced up into small pieces and served on rice it goes for very high pries in restaurants. You won't see the day that I eat raw fish. Yuck!
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