The buyer, Onodera Group, bought the 608-pound tuna Sunday at Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo. The company shared the news across its social media profiles and in a news release. The buyer said online ...
Oma tuna, a form of Pacific bluefin, is highly prized by sushi restaurateurs as the “black diamond” of tuna fish. A diet of squid and fatty saury fish, combined with its colder-water habitat ...
It is the second highest price paid at the opening auction of the year in Tokyo's main fish market since comparable data started being collected in 1999.
But the first one each year typically garners the most jaw-dropping bids. On Sunday, a Pacific bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at the market’s first auction of 2025.
Pacific bluefin tuna are the largest species of tuna in the Pacific with adults reaching nearly 10 feet in length and 1,000 pounds. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...
There are multiple species of bluefin tuna, including the Pacific bluefin tuna, the Atlantic bluefin tuna and the southern bluefin tuna, according to the International Union for Conservation of ...