Reef Guardian’s Dr Achier Chung: From Scientist to Enforcer
Named 2019 SeaKeeper of Malaysia, Reef Guardian’s Dr Achier Chung has been fighting to protect the Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area since 2004.
Rare golden snapper sells for $38,000 in Bangladesh
A Chinese businessman paid $38,000 for a rare golden snapper Thursday in the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, a leading fish trader said.
Single tuna fetches record $736k at Japan auction
A deep-pocketed restaurateur shelled out nearly $750,000 for a tuna at Japan’s Tsukiji fish market on Thursday, smashing the record price for a single bluefin. The 269-kilogramme fish stood at an eye-popping 56.49 million yen ($736,500) when the hammer came down in the first auction of the year. The figure dwarfs the previous high of […]
The Smallest Aquarium In The World
Miniature specialist Anatoly Konenko, from the Siberian city of Omsk, has built the world’s smallest aquarium. It is just 30mm wide, 24mm high and 14 mm deep – enough to hold just 10ml of water, or about two tablespoons’ worth. The mini-aquarium is even equipped with a water purification filter to keep the water healthy […]
Sushi-hungry Japan sells biggest tuna
A monster tuna caught off Japan turned heads at a Tokyo fish market Friday, where the 445 kilogram (981 pound) bluefin — the biggest caught here since 1986 — sold for 3.2 million yen (36,700 dollars). “Many of the people who work at the market have never seen a tuna that big,” said an official […]
Giant Tuna Fetches $177000 at Japan 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 bluefin tuna weighs 232 kg – nearly four times as much as the average Japanese man. It was caught off the northern tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, in waters famed […]
