Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

SASEBO, Japan - People involved with a tuna farming project pose for photos during a ceremony to commemorate Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co.'s first shipment of farmed bluefin tuna on Dec. 8, 2010, in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. Major trading house Sojitz Corp., which wholly owns Sojitz tuna farm, is the first Japanese trading company to enter into tuna farming, while an international commission decided to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011.

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  • ILEA001154981
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  • 2010/12/08 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2010 Kyodo News
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  • 1889 × 1099 pixel
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  • 240 dpi
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