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Giant tuna fetches record $396,000 in Tokyo

Associated Press

TOKYO – A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market in Japan.

The price for the 754-pound (342-kilogram) tuna beat the previous record set in 2001 when a 445-pound (202-kilogram) fish sold for 20.2 million yen at Tokyo's Tsukiji market.

Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood, with Japanese eating 80 percent of the Atlantic and Pacific bluefins caught. The two tuna species are the most sought-after by sushi lovers.

Wednesday's record-setting tuna was caught off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.

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TOKYO (AP) — A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market in Japan.

The price for the 342-kilogram (754-pound) tuna beat the previous record set in 2001 when a 202-kilogram (445-pound) fish sold for 20.2 million yen at Tokyo's Tsukiji market.

Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood, with Japanese eating 80 percent of the Atlantic and Pacific bluefins caught. The two tuna species are the most sought-after by sushi lovers.

Wednesday's record-setting tuna was caught off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido.