Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells For $3 Million In Tokyo Market
Sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura purchased the 612-pound Pacific bluefin tuna at auction. Conservationists are alarmed about the fate of the species.
The 612-pound tuna had to be wheeled into its new owner's sushi restaurant on a low platform, its mouth agape.
Sushi chain owner Kiyoshi Kimura purchased the immense Pacific bluefin tuna in an auction on Saturday at a Tokyo fish market. The fish sold.
