1st freshwater-bred bluefin tuna auctioned in Japan

1st freshwater-bred bluefin tuna auctioned in Japan

OKAYAMA, Japan - Toshimasa Yamamoto, an associate professor at Okayama University of Science, shows a freshwater-bred tuna, the only one successfully raised among 30 in the university's laboratory, auctioned at a wholesale market in Okayama, western Japan, on May 15, 2014. The tuna grew up in freshwater containing sodium and other elements of seawater.

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