Tokyo CNN — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during its new year auction. Michelin-starred sushi restaurateurs Onodera Group claimed the 608-pound fish with its million-dollar bid at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on January 5, Japanese news agency …
Saving bluefin tuna: The sushi delicacy threatened by climate change Getty Images Bluefin tuna are highly sensitive to temperature changes Once pushed to the brink of extinction by overfishing, bluefin tuna has experienced a spectacular rebound in recent years. "We are seeing bluefin tuna feeding in unusual areas, for example in the North Sea, around Scandinavia and Iceland," says Buzzi. …
Chef René Redzepi speaks to employees at his Copenhagen restaurant Noma in a scene from the documentary series “Omnivore” on Apple TV+. “There’s something happening with our environment,” Redzepi said, “and how we produce and grow our food has a huge impact.” Matt Goulding, left, and René Redzepi created “Omnivore,” a documentary series on Apple TV+. Created with his “old …
When a massive bluefin tuna sold in 2019 for a record-breaking $3.1 million at Tokyo’s then brand-new Toyosu fish market, it brought renewed attention to how extraordinarily valuable bluefin is. Sushi chefs in Japan began using the toro cuts of bluefin in the late 1950s, according to Trevor Corson’s book “The Story of Sushi: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish …
Tokyo -- A 612-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 333.6 million yen at the first auction of 2019, after Tokyo's famed Tsukiji market was moved to a new site on the city's waterfront. Employees of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai cut a 278kg bluefin tuna at their restaurant in Tokyo on January 5, 2019. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP/Getty Images Last …
