A $632,000 tuna? Man buys massive Bluefin tuna at auction

Kiyoshi Kimura (C), president of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, poses with a bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo on January 5, 2017.(Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP/Getty Images)

A massive bluefin tuna went for a cool $632,000 at an auction in Tokyo on Thursday.

Kiyomura Corp. owner Kiyoshi Kimura paid 74.2 million yen for the 466-pound fish at the annual New Year auction at the Tsukiji market, AP reported.

Kimura is a sushi chain owner, who often wins the auction.

Size matters: Larger sea animals at higher extinction risk

The Japanese continue to be the biggest consumers of bluefin tuna, a species that many environmental experts say could go extinct due to extreme overfishing. 

Sharing is caring!