Big In Japan: Tuna Fish Sells For £110,000

from- http://news.sky.com/
The Bluefin fish was bought by the owners of two sushi restaurants after going up for sale at an auction in Japan.
The specimen is the most expensive to be sold since 2001, when a 200kg Bluefin sold for a record-breaking £136,000 (20.2 million yen).
Caught off the coast of northern Japan, the tuna was among 570 put up for auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji market.
About 40% of the auctioned tuna came from abroad, including from Indonesia and Mexico.
Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood with people there eating 80% of the Atlantic and Pacific bluefins caught
The two tuna species are the most sought after by sushi-lovers.
However, tuna consumption in Japan has declined because of a prolonged economic slump.
"Consumers are shying away from eating tuna. ... we are very worried about the trend," a representative for Tsukiji market said.
There are also growing calls for tighter fishing rules amid declining tuna stocks.
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas has slashed the quota for the 2010 catch by about one-third to 13,500 tons.
Environmentalists have attacked the quota for not going far enough.
The £110,000 tuna may have attracted big spenders but it is a relative minnow compared to the largest Bluefin ever caught.
That specimen weighed in at 679kg and was caught off Nova Scotia in 1979.