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Old 01-05-2011, 01:51 PM
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I need to catch me and sell just one of these fish.
I mean really people since when should a tuna be worth that kind of money?



A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market.
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, a spokesman for Tsukiji market said.
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Old 01-05-2011, 01:57 PM
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Because we like our bluefin tuna sushi! Now you know what a stupid little roll costs $15.00.
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:02 PM
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i laugh when a store advertises premium grade ahi tuna............lol.......here in north america we get only the arsehole parts..the finest hits our docks for mere minutes and flies to japan first class and expediated
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:05 PM
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i laugh when a store advertises premium grade ahi tuna............lol.......here in north america we get only the arsehole parts..the finest hits our docks for mere minutes and flies to japan first class and expediated
Yeah but almost all us north americans like a little arse! lol!
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:07 PM
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i laugh when a store advertises premium grade ahi tuna............lol.......here in north america we get only the arsehole parts..the finest hits our docks for mere minutes and flies to japan first class and expediated
I pretty sure a resturant in Calagry got 1 of these last year I believe, it was worth 50000 or something like that.....
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:13 PM
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I pretty sure a resturant in Calagry got 1 of these last year I believe, it was worth 50000 or something like that.....
maybe but i doubt it....if they did it was a fish that the japanese wholesaler refussed for some reason.
2 main factors
fish was stressed and meat became lower grade
or fat content was not high enough.
also we dont have a high class japanese resturaunt in cowtown....and edo didnt buy it lol
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:14 PM
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I'm not surprised. It costs nearly that much to get a decent walleye for the pan.
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:15 PM
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maybe but i doubt it....if they did it was a fish that the japanese wholesaler refussed for some reason.
2 main factors
fish was stressed and meat became lower grade
or fat content was not high enough.
also we dont have a high class japanese resturaunt in cowtown....and edo didnt buy it lol

Sorry it was 25000 see post: http://test.calgarysun.com/news/albe...22176-sun.html
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:01 PM
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Demand and supply. As long as there are enough people willing to pay for some very expensive sushi we will see these prices. You can bet only the most skilled chefs will be working on that treasure. That's pressure when your carving something that costs as much as a house!
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:03 PM
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That's nothing! Some guy from, I think China, buy's truffles for millions of dollars and then doesn't even eat them! French mushroom that was sold last year.
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Old 01-05-2011, 02:21 PM
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It is truly amazing to see these auctions. I have seen Tuna auction floors in Japan make the Barrett-Jackson Auction's look like penny pushers.
There will a room with one auctioneer, 20-50 buyers and 5-10 million dollars worth of Tuna.
You wonder why pepole even bother selling cocaine or heroine when you could just sell tuna.
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you wonder why you see japanese fishing ships all along our waters! They rape the sea for everything they can get! Who do you thing wiped out the cod fishery off the coast of Newfoundland? They are doing the same to the Tuna, they will fish them till there is none left!
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:12 PM
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you wonder why you see japanese fishing ships all along our waters! They rape the sea for everything they can get! Who do you thing wiped out the cod fishery off the coast of Newfoundland? They are doing the same to the Tuna, they will fish them till there is none left!
sorry buddy your off course.
high grade tuna is caught by rod and reel by expert canadian fisherman.
then sold to japanese fish wholesalers many of which are canadian.
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:18 PM
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sorry buddy your off course.
high grade tuna is caught by rod and reel by expert canadian fisherman.
then sold to japanese fish wholesalers many of which are canadian.
Those countries located in the pacific ring still fish the seas quite hard because there diet is mainly fish. They have started to look for other sources of fish due to over fishing there.
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Old 01-05-2011, 03:23 PM
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Those countries located in the pacific ring still fish the seas quite hard because there diet is mainly fish.
im not argueing that....im saying ahi/toro grade tuna is not caught by japanese fishing vessels.....its caught by canadian rod and reel fisherman in small bosts, using planes to spot the tuna from the air.
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