Tuna fetches 6.38 mil. yen at Tsukiji's 1st auction for 2003

Tuna fetches 6.38 mil. yen at Tsukiji's 1st auction for 2003

TOKYO, Japan - Fish brokers check tunas during Tokyo Tsukiji fish market's first auction of the year Jan. 5. A 228-kilogram blue fin tuna caught off Aomori Prefecture snagged the highest price of 6.38 million yen out of 3,600 tunas. (Kyodo)

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