1st blowfish auction of 2015 held in western Japan

1st blowfish auction of 2015 held in western Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A buyer and a broker negotiate a blowfish price with finger movements in a cloth bag at the Haedomari fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015, during the year's first auction of the fish.

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