How does a bluefin tuna command $3.2 million? The answer begins in the waters off Oma

Caught off Honshu’s northernmost tip, the 535-pound bluefin was brought to Toyosu Market’s New Year auction, where Sushi Zanmai owner Kiyoshi Kimura claimed it with the morning’s top bid.Key ...
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A bluefin tuna weighs over 600 pounds. A company just paid $1.3 million for it.

A Japanese sushi company left the first auction of the New Year in Tokyo with a fish the size of a motorcycle, paying $1.3 million for the huge catch. The buyer, Onodera Group, bought the 608-pound ...
MyNorthwest.com

‘Astonishing’ discovery as 200-pound bluefin tuna turns up in Salish Sea for first time ever

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Researchers on Orcas Island stumbled on a bizarre discovery Wednesday morning, after finding a five-and-a-half-foot-long bluefin tuna washed ashore on Crescent Beach. So, ...
Washington Examiner

Maryland man sets record with 77-pound long-fin tuna catch

A Maryland man broke an 18-year-old fishing record Tuesday when he reeled in a 77-pound long-fin tuna. Thomas Bodmer made the catch while aboard the charter Top Dog, according to the Maryland ...
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Local fishermen reel in a 700 pound bluefin tuna off Gulf Coast

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A rare catch for local fishermen as they reeled in a 721-pound, 107-inch-long bluefin tuna Tuesday afternoon about 100 miles off Pensacola’s shore. Fishermen Jeff Lacour ...
San Diego Reader

Second largest yellowfin tuna caught by rod and reel

Dock Totals 11/10 – 11/16: 806 anglers aboard 41 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 17 bluefin tuna, 77 bonito, 1 halibut, 85 lingcod, 6 perch, 3182 ...