Most people who care about their health adore fish dishes. Fish are tasty, healthy and nutritious, and their variety is simply amazing - sea and river inhabitants are masterfully transformed by chefs into masterpieces of culinary art. But which fish is considered the most expensive in the world and which restaurant can afford it?
Precious giant
The most expensive fish in the world is bluefin tuna. The fish, weighing 222 kilograms, was caught off the coast of the Japanese prefecture of Aomori and sold at a Tokyo fish auction for an unprecedented amount. The giant tuna went under the hammer for $ 1.75 million (155.4 million yen).
The deal surpassed last year's auction, when bluefin tuna, which weighed much more than the current record holder, sold for $ 736,000 (56.49 million yen).
The owner of the world's most expensive fish for the second year in a row was Kiyomura, which owns a chain of sushi restaurants. The management of the company claims that, despite some high cost of acquisition, in this way, they provide their Japanese restaurants with the highest quality tuna. It should be noted that the high cost of this commercial predatory fish, which is in great demand in expensive restaurants, is due to the threat of its complete extinction.
Endangered Bluefin Tuna
According to statistics from the World Wildlife Fund, bluefin tuna, predominantly found in Mediterranean and Atlantic waters, may disappear as a species in the coming years. The number of its populations is significantly reduced, and the capture is carried out exclusively by barbaric methods. The number of tuna and sushi salad lovers is growing every day, while the tuna itself simply does not have time to breed.
If sixty-four years ago, six hundred thousand tons of bluefin tuna were caught in the world, today this figure has already reached six million tons.
However, the problem is not only the lack of tuna to provide restaurants. Since tuna is a predatory fish, its disappearance from the marine ecosystem will upset its balance. Therefore, today many stars and the World Wildlife Fund urge people to give up tuna dishes. As a result, they were abandoned by sixteen thousand people from one hundred forty-nine countries of the world, as well as some French, Italian, Swiss, Norwegian, British and Spanish restaurants and shops. They have completely removed bluefin tuna from their menus and assortment.
Having refused to cook dishes from the most expensive fish in the world, many restaurant owners hope that the tuna population will increase and in the future, gourmet lovers will have the opportunity to taste the most tender meat of this magnificent fish.
