With the value on one single fish this outrageous, there's no stopping efforts to catch as many as possible. Most species that have become extinct or endangered is due to their value to a commercial market.
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Bluefin Tuna Goes For Record $736,000 At Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market
The Associated Press reports: 1-5-12
TOKYO -- This tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
The bluefin tuna caught off northeastern Japan fetched a record 56.49 million yen, or about $736,000, Thursday in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market. The price for the 269-kilogram (593-pound) tuna beat last year's record of 32.49 million yen.
The price translates to 210,000 yen per kilogram, or $1,238 per pound - also a record, said Yutaka Hasegawa, a Tsukiji market official.
The winning bidder is Kiyoshi Kimura, president of a sushi restaurant chain. Media reports quote him saying that he wants to "liven up Japan" and help it recover from last year's devastating tsunami and economic stagnation.
The tuna was caught off Aomori prefecture.
I saw this today that is soooo nuts. I need to start a new career as a tuna fisherman.
Makes me want to leave and go Tuna fishingt right now....this minute!!