At the conventional auction in Tokyo, a bluefin tuna from Aomori prefecture fetched a record sum—roughly 255 million rubles. NHK television channel reported this on January 5th.
The traditional initial auction of the new year at Tokyo’s Toyosu market on January 5th proved historic. A 243 kg bluefin tuna, caught in Aomori prefecture, was sold for an unmatched amount—510.3 million yen (approximately 255 million rubles). This is the highest price for tuna since record-keeping commenced in 1999, significantly surpassing the prior benchmark of 333.6 million yen (167 million rubles) set in 2019.
It is noted that the bidding began early in the morning and proceeded amid energetic shouts from participants. Tuna, both fresh and frozen, were aligned in rows at the market, as vendors greeted the buyers. The winner of the bids was a sushi restaurant chain headquartered in Tokyo, which offered the substantial price. The company’s president, Kiyoshi Kimura, voiced that he was somewhat surprised by such a high cost but conveyed his hope that a greater number of people could sample this unique tuna and feel better.
“When I observed this tuna, I simply could not pass it by, so I secured the bids,” stated the auction victor, the president of the sushi restaurant chain.
The newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on December 30th that scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences devised a novel kind of carp, almost entirely lacking intramuscular bones, which typically makes the fish challenging to consume. Using CRISPR genome editing technology, researchers deactivated the gene responsible for the development of these bones, while maintaining the fish’s main skeleton.
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