500 LB BLUEFIN TUNA SELLS FOR $1.7 MILLION IN TOKYO

[Moonman]

Somebodies going to get ONE IMPRESSIVE DINNER CHECK.

 

[diamonback68]

Holy moly, that's $3400 a pound! Who buys dinners like that? You'd have to eat the bones and all for that.

 

[DeadAye]

Ya think I could get $23,800 for a 7lb Bass?
Does FedX ship Basses???

 

[LazyKB]

Hmmm, I wonder what a half pound blue gill would bring?

 

[ditrina]

Hmmm, I wonder what a half pound blue gill would bring?

What a bunch of crappie

 

[Poodle Soup]

I think the radiation has created some serious issues with our friends to the east...

 

[Straightshooter2]

They'll probably cut it up, freeze it, double the price and ship it to Hollywood as sushi. Or as we call it in the South, bait.

CW

 

[sipowicz]

In japan, Bluefin tuna is believed to increase reflexes, depth perception and basic motor skills. That is why it commands such a high price. They serve it for lunch at all their driving schools but from my experience I would venture to say it's a waste of money.

 

[s&wchad]

Holy mackerel!

 

[Biginge]

Being at the top of the food chain it probably contains carcinogens of large portions. Could be more dangerous than a 32 oz. Soda in NYC.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I love rich folks. They pay darn good money for the strangest stuff.

 

[JJEH]

Some people are out of their mind...

 

[Ruger Nut]

You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish.

 

[Arik]

You guys do realize that its a restaurant that buys it not an individual for their own consumption. Most likely its a chain restaurant or a expansive one.

The fish will be cut for sushi, sushimi and other food. When you order that particular sushi you get one roll with about 6-12 bite size pieces which will be more expansive then a roll made from a different fish or sea creature. Not all of the fish will go to sushi, some parts go into soup and other dishes.
Paying a lot for high grade sushi or fish is no different then paying more for certain things cuts of steak.

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[LennyLames]

In japan, Bluefin tuna is believed to increase reflexes, depth perception and basic motor skills.

That's what the mercury is for. The bigger the bluefin, the higher the mercury concentration.

 

[amazingflapjack]

I saw something recently that reported that there was plastic found in 100% of tuna examined in a Hawaii lab.

 

[427mach1]

Wow, for that much money I could buy, like, three AR-15's at today's prices!!

 

[COL Jagdog]

I have a 30-lb gaspergou that I'm willing to trade for a nice Model 57 --
will ship to your FFL (friendly fish legation) at my cost -- first "I'll take it" wins a tasty Cajun fish.

 

[805moparkid]

only one mention of Radiation... do you guys even realize that that nuclear power plant is still pumping MILLIONS of gallons of radioactive ocean every day? if your eating ANY Sea food your an idiot, last measurement i hear during the middle of last year in CA was radiation was up 300%. MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO!

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Paying a lot for high grade sushi or fish is no different then paying more for certain things cuts of steak.

Actually, it is a little bit different. When's the last time you bought a cut of steak from a cow that cost $3400/lb?