A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna Monday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo's main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.

Dave Gershman at the Pew Charitable Trusts' international fisheries team used news of the auction to highlight that stocks of Pacific bluefin tuna were improving after being "near collapse".

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'Tuna King' Kiyoshi Kimura stumped up a record $3.2 million for the hefty bluefin tuna (STR) · STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna ...

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur self-styled as the "Tuna King" paid a record 510.3 million yen (US$3.25 million) for a giant bluefin tuna at an auction on Monday. Dave Gershman at the Pew Charitable ...