pacific bluefin tuna

Kiyoshi Kimura, president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai, displays a 612-pound bluefin tuna at one of his restaurants. The company he runs paid a record $3.1 million for the popular but threatened fish.

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Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells For $3 Million In Tokyo Market

5:06pm January 05, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura purchased the 612-pound Pacific bluefin tuna at auction. Conservationists are alarmed about the fate of the species.

Pacific bluefin tuna for sale at the tuna market in Katsuura on the Kii Peninsula, the premium tuna auction in Japan. The new agreement to protect the tuna is aimed at putting the species on a path to recovery.

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Countries Pledge To Recover Dwindling Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population

8:14pm September 01, 2017

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

The long-term agreement would aid fish stocks that have fallen to just 2.6 percent of their historic size. The news comes at a time when Atlantic bluefin populations are also rebounding.

Tuna are arranged prior to the first auction of the year at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo in January.

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Should Pacific Bluefin Tuna Be Listed As An Endangered Species?

11:42am June 29, 2016

by Alastair Bland

Environmental groups have asked the U.S. to give the prized fish protection under the Endangered Species Act. Some scientists and activists say the chances are slim but the action is long overdue.