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01-05-2013, 11:07 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Tuna $3600.00 per pound.
Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:41pm PST
Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 million in Japan; sushi anyone?
By: David Strege
Just off the press.. How about that one freak??
Japan was abuzz after a prized bluefin tuna weighing 489 pounds was sold for a record $1.76 million at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday. Kiyoshi Kimura, who is president of Kiyomura Co. and the Sushi-Zanmai sushi restaurant chain, bought the massive fish at $3,600 per pound.
Let's repeat that, shall we? That's $1.7 million--or roughly the price of a mansion in most states--for a fish. That's one expensive hunk of sushi. Watch as Kimura escorts the fish to his restaurant amid a horde of media before cutting it up and serving the sushi-starved patrons:
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low & slow 37
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01-05-2013, 11:37 PM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
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For $3,600 bucks a pound I can get a lot more mileage out of The Capital grille and a really primo call girl with a limo.
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May fortune favor the foolish....
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01-06-2013, 03:49 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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You know, I never get into politics here but this is just F&%$#ING stupid. There are people in NY and NJ that are having a hard time making ends meet because of Sandy and these nitwits are paying $3600 a pound to eat raw fish. I am at a total loss to understand the logic here.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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01-06-2013, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Lexington, MA
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This is an annual game that is played in Tokyo by some sushi restaurant owners as free PR. Yes a very expensive game but basically a business decision by a restaurant owner to get his place on the front page of the newspapers...
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01-06-2013, 08:43 AM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blondterror
This is an annual game that is played in Tokyo by some sushi restaurant owners as free PR. Yes a very expensive game but basically a business decision by a restaurant owner to get his place on the front page of the newspapers...
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I never thought of it that way.but it makes sense,Pretty pricey marketing leverage. |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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01-06-2013, 09:43 AM
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Secretsquirrel
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: South Shore , MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blondterror
This is an annual game that is played in Tokyo by some sushi restaurant owners as free PR. Yes a very expensive game but basically a business decision by a restaurant owner to get his place on the front page of the newspapers...
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If I remember correctly they also see it as a sign of good luck for the rest of the season(getting the first bft ).
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01-06-2013, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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It is purely a publicity stunt. Every year there is a new record price. Compared to $4 million for a 30 second superbowl add, it is a bargain.
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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01-06-2013, 11:14 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blondterror
This is an annual game that is played in Tokyo by some sushi restaurant owners as free PR. Yes a very expensive game but basically a business decision by a restaurant owner to get his place on the front page of the newspapers...
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Ah, I get it Chris. I didn't know. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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01-06-2013, 11:16 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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"Market Price" 
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01-06-2013, 11:26 AM
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Bait Boy's Dad
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: South Shore MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAKAI
For $3,600 bucks a pound I can get a lot more mileage out of The Capital grille and a really primo call girl with a limo.
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Too Freikin Funny!  |
May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it - Irish Blessing
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01-06-2013, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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It is a cultural thing for them
Thete is "great honor" and prestige to have the first fish of the new year. I read or saw something in years past. I think it is a religious thing also.
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01-06-2013, 12:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vineyard Haven
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After seeing that article, I wonder how many commercial permits will be purchased this year?
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01-07-2013, 12:14 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
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Some people from ABTA (American Blue fin tuna Assn) told me this is not just a game it is a vertically integrated buy. The boat/seller is usually part of the same parent company that owns the restaurant that buys the first fish.
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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01-07-2013, 08:06 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Firms up my theory that people....really are dumb!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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01-07-2013, 08:07 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sburnsey931
It is a cultural thing for them
Thete is "great honor" and prestige to have the first fish of the new year. I read or saw something in years past. I think it is a religious thing also.
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Going broke....not so much prestige! |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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01-07-2013, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smac
After seeing that article, I wonder how many commercial permits will be purchased this year?
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Based on that article - it would be easy to jack the commercial permit prices up to $5000.00. What do they cost now?
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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01-07-2013, 06:33 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Based on that article - it would be easy to jack the commercial permit prices up to $5000.00. What do they cost now?
DZ
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How many people are still feelingf the effects of the Japan earthquake?
You know, the one that f**ked up their nuclear powerplant?
We don't have a stronghold on wasteful spending just for publicity and "so called" luck! |
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