Tuna fetches over $100,000 at auction

2009-02-01T10:19:00

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Market official Takashi Yoshida said that the 128kg tuna was sold for 9.63 million yen ($104,700). This is the highest amount a tuna has been sold for since 2001 when an all-time record of 20 million yen was paid for a Japanese bluefin tuna.

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