NYTimes.com: Giant Tuna Fetches $177,000 at Japanese Auction

NYTimes.com: Giant Tuna Fetches $177,000 at Japanese Auction

A giant bluefin tuna fetched 16.3 million yen ($177,000) in an auction Tuesday at the world’s largest wholesale fish market in Japan.

The 513-pound (233-kilogram) fish was the priciest since 2001 when a 440-pound (200 kilogram) tuna sold for a record 20.2 million yen ($220,000) at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market.

You kind of get the idea why Bluefin Tuna are being fished to the point of extinction.