A bluefin tuna weighs over 600 pounds. A company just paid $1.3 million for it.
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 that the company has bought the first tuna at the auction for the past five years.
A massive bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million
A 608-pound bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Sunday, making it the second-most expensive tuna sold at Japan’s premiere wholesale fish markets since record-keeping began in 1999.
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The fish weighed 608 pounds, which is also about the same size as an adult male grizzly bear. It garnered the second highest bid at the Toyosu Market since records began in 1999
Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan
An Oma Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 608 pounds, sold at Tokyo’s Toyosu Market. It’s one of the most expensive tuna fish to be sold in the history of sushi.
Motorcycle-sized tuna fetches more than $1 million at Japan auction
A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction.
Enormous bluefin tuna sells for $1.3M in Tokyo
The top bidder at a Tokyo fish market paid 207 million yen, $1.3 million, for a 608 pound bluefin tuna on Sunday, the second-highest price ever.
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