Bluefin tuna auctions in Japan received $ 400,000 (interim report)

(Posted by Caresse Chen)

    Tsukiji, Tokyo, Japan in this year's first auction at the fish market, a weight of 342 kg of bluefin tuna, Wednesday (Jan. 5) to a record high price of 40 million sold. Owner of a sushi chain in Hong Kong Cheng Tao Wei (Ricky Cheng), to a record $ 55,706, bought a large blue-fin tuna. Tokyo Tsukiji fish market, say, this weighs 276 kg bluefin tuna (Bluefin Tuna), Aomori in Japan, caught in northern waters. Whole fish price of 6,070,000 yen ($ 55,706), equivalent to 22,000 yen per kilogram. Last traded price is a record in Japan, but higher than the previous year, almost 200 million yen. Bluefin tuna, also known as bluefin tuna is sushi and sashimi of the best ingredients.

    The Japanese love tuna fish, tuna is one of the best. With Japanese cuisine and sushi became popular around the world, this precious endangered fish gradually more difficult to obtain in Japan. Auction off the guitar into the manager (Yoshinari Sekimoto) said, "the habit of eating raw fish spread around the world, therefore, that Japan has not exclusive limited supply of bluefin tuna." Wei Zheng Tao, have this year and the past few years to show their talents in the first auction, he said that although price is a bit more than expected, but he was satisfied.

    Wei Zheng Tao said: "Good tuna sell well in Hong Kong and China, which is a very good fish." He said he would sell such low-cost high-level sushi, so his clients could afford to eat. "I will sell it to my clients, even though I may not get any profit."

    Building located in downtown Tokyo, where stalls everywhere, selling millions of dollars per day of fish and vegetables.