in Japan for the fish paid nearly 1.75 million dollars

In Tokyo, the auction was sold fish at very high prices.
Bluefin tuna, weighing 222 pounds, was auctioned off for 1.75 million - 155.4 million yen. This is a record price for bluefin tuna.


Last year, at the rate for January 2012, bluefish on the same auction was sold for 736,000 dollars - 56.49 million yen. For local restaurateurs annual fun at the first auction of the year at the auction is to fight for the very large bluefin tuna. Very often participate in the auction and foreigners.

Japan, the world's largest consumer market tuna. Because of the growing demand for tuna in other countries in the Asian region, Japan's increasingly difficult to provide a reliable supply of the market.