Overview
- Nagoya Central Wholesale Market held its first auction on January 5, where a 241-kilogram bluefin from Oma, Aomori, sold for a market-record 6,507,000 yen.
- The top bluefin in Nagoya fetched 27,000 yen per kilogram, according to market officials.
- Fifty-two bluefin were lined up in Nagoya, the highest count for the market’s New Year opening in the past five years.
- At Okinawa’s Itoman Imaiyu market, a 42.7-kilogram bigeye tuna drew a celebratory price of 28,000 yen per kilogram at the first auction.
- Itoman reported about 19 tons in total landings and roughly 21 million yen in sales, with lower squid catches and recent rough seas reducing supply compared with last year.