Caught off Honshu’s northernmost tip, the 535-pound bluefin was brought to Toyosu Market’s New Year auction, where Sushi Zanmai owner Kiyoshi Kimura claimed it with the morning’s top bid.

Holy mackerel! A hulking bluefin tuna the size and weight of a standard motorcycle was bought by a sushi chain owner dubbed ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com After an outstanding start to the bluefin tuna season, with schools reported less than three miles off the Outer Banks, NOAA Fisheries will close the 2026 recreational season ...

The 535-pound fish, purchased by Japan's self-proclaimed "Tuna King," was sliced and shipped to sushi restaurants across the ...

A giant bluefin tuna has sold for a record-breaking amount at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market in Japan. The enormous fish weighs a whopping 243kg - that's about as heavy as a fully grown lion - and sold ...

A 243-kilogram (535-pound) Pacific bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first 2026 auction at Tokyo’s Toyosu Fish Market. Kiyoshi Kimura, owner of Sushi Zanmai, ...

Winning bidder Kiyoshi Kimura, a.k.a. the Tuna King, plans to serve the prized fish in his Sushizanmai restaurants.

A massive, 835.8-pound bluefin tuna was caught off Virginia Beach on Jan. 10. It's been certified as the new Virginia record.

The fish in question was caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan, a region that is renowned for its high-quality tuna fish. According to a report by AP, tuna fish costs $13,360 per kilogram in t ...

An angler from Virginia Beach just fished his way into the record books after landing a massive 832.6-pound Atlantic Bluefin ...

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna yesterday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.

Prologue : The life and death of bluefin tuna : homage to an ocean giant -- Introduction : The very elder gods become red gold : value on the high seas -- 1. A history of the bluefin tuna trade : the ...