Latest posts with tags "fish"

Reef Guardian’s Dr Achier Chung: From Scientist to Enforcer

Jun 05, 2019 / Yachts

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

Apr 06, 2012 / Gastronomy

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

Jan 07, 2012 / Gastronomy

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

Mar 03, 2011 / Art Republik

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

Jul 16, 2010 / Gastronomy

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

Jan 05, 2010 / Auctions

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 […]


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