A bluefin tuna sold for a record 1.76 million US dollars (£1.1 million) at a Tokyo auction on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high. The 222-kilogramme tuna was caught off northeastern Japan and taken to Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market.
Stocks of bluefin caught in the Atlantic and Mediterranean plunged by 60 percent between 1997 and 2007 due to rampant, often illegal, overfishing and lax quotas. A 2010 stock assessment of the Pacific Bluefin indicated a declining population.
Japanese people eat 80 percent of the bluefin tuna caught worldwide, and much of the global catch is shipped to Japan for consumption. The fish's tender pink and red meat is prized for sushi and sashimi, but bluefin tuna stocks have fallen globally over the past 15 years amid overfishing.
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