Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Endangered Bluefin Tuna Fetches Record Price at Tokyo Auction

From Treehugger:

bluefin tuna tokyo fish market photo
photo: Stewart Butterfield via flickr.

One more quick one on the tragedy of bluefin tuna's trajectory towards extinction: BBC News reports that a single bluefin tuna has been sold for the highest price in the past nine years at a Tokyo fish auction. The 232 kilogram (511 pound) fish fetched 16.28 million yen, or a bit over $175,000:

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