Japanese Sushi Restaurant Buys World’s Most Expensive Tuna Fish

January 22, 2008 | Posted by bLavish as The Most Expensive at 10:00 am | (5) Comments »

Recently a Japanese sushi restaurant owner paid more than anyone has ever paid for a single bluefin tuna, $49,000. The super-sized tuna was caught by fishermen off the coast of Aomori & weighed in at 607 pounds, which is, if I’ve got my math right here, ummm….close to $100 per pound. Wow, now that’s quite a catch!

The bluefin tuna was actually auctioned off at the world’s largest fish market in Tokyo & according to experts the record price seems to have been caused by the sharp decline in the world’s tuna supply due to overfishing as well as tighter international controls for bluefin tuna.

But all in all, not a bad day’s work.

5 Comments

Anon Said,

September 29, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

Wow your math sucks! $49000/607 = $80.72/lb. Next time use a calculator!
anonomous Said,

February 16, 2009 @ 11:10 am

wow, $49,000..thats a car! damn dude
anonomous Said,

February 16, 2009 @ 11:10 am

wow, $49,000..thats a car! damn dude
Jason Said,

July 12, 2009 @ 11:49 pm

thats a good catch….plenty Blue fin Tuna in Fiji.
roju Said,

April 17, 2011 @ 10:01 pm

During night time we been going out to fishing. that time the big fish are waiting for the hook. But don’t use any machine that can make them run away because i only use canoe to catch that big fish.