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Posted on 27 March 2015. Tags: Bluefin, deaths, Life, mysterious, Park, Tokyo, tuna

The mysterious deaths of all but one bluefin tuna in Tokyo Sea Life Park The bluefin tuna is on the verge of extinction at a Tokyo aquarium known for a breeding program intended to save the species. Since late last year, the fish have been dying one by one, and researchers can’t seem to determine […]

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Posted on 07 January 2015. Tags: $49000, auction, Bluefin, nets, Tokyo, tuna

Bluefin tuna nets 000 in Tokyo auction Mr Kiyoshi Kimura (second from right), president of the firm behind Sushi-Zanmai restaurant chain, cutting the 180.4kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market yesterday. Increasing pressure has been put on Japan to reduce … Full News here – Read more on The Straits Times

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Posted on 06 January 2015. Tags: Bluefin, favourite, Fish, Japan’s, long

Bluefin: Japan’s favourite big fish, but for how long? Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, said he was surprised after securing the giant Pacific bluefin tuna for such a low price at the first auction of the year at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. Two years ago, he paid a record 155.4m […]

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