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754-Pound Tuna Sells for Record $396,000 in Tokyo

A giant bluefin tuna sold for a record $396,000 today in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's fish market. At 32.49 million Japanese yen, it's the highest price any fish has ever sold for since the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market started keeping track in 1999. The fish weighs 754 pounds, so the auction...

Black Market Bluefin Tuna Rakes in Estimated $4 Billion a Year

(Nov. 8) -- Step away from the sushi. That toro you're eating might have come from an unsustainable fishery, and there's a good chance it's illegal as well, according to a new report released Sunday by The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The group details the estimated $4 billion black market in...

Group Seeks Endangered Status for Bluefin Tuna

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(June 24) -- So far, oiled birds and oysters have been some of the most visible victims of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. But at least one environmental group fears that a perennial sushi favorite, the bluefin tuna, could be even more at risk as their spawning grounds become coated in oil. The Center for...

600-Plus Species at Risk From Deadly Gulf Oil Spill

(April 29) -- With oil from a destroyed rig gushing into the Gulf of Mexico at an estimated rate of 210,000 gallons per day, the effects on wildlife will almost certainly be profound. The April 20 explosion of a BP rig killed 11 people and eventually led to the platform's sinking about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast....