Why Bluefin Tuna Is So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider

A tuna once sold for $1.8 million, but you can get cans of tuna fish for less than $2 at the grocery store. So, what's the difference? Bluefin tuna can be very expensive depending on where you buy it and which part of the fish you are eating. We spoke with the chef at Shoji in New York, Derek Wilcox, to find out why the fish is so expensive.

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[deeb]

Id slap that tuna with a SUPREME tag and it'll be 5mil.

BISAYAWAAAA

[dbby]

When a fish is worth more than your life savings

[TheNotoriousKID]

The tuna graduated from Harvard law school, got married to his high school sweetheart, they had 3 children, his life savings and property ownership was far above and beyond anything previous generations had even seen, so it’s safe to say this “tuna had a good life”. Right up to him being caught and sold to the highest bidder.

[fransiscon]

I wonder if Bluefin Tuna know they taste better when they swim near Japan.

[michaelbrynesr]

I was a commercial fishermen in Alaska. From time to time I would get a bluefin tuna 150 pounds or less by chance. I had a waiting list from Japanese restaurants in anchorage for them. Not a lot of them around Alaska but when you got one, a good payday.

[Thecoffeeconsumer]

When I was a kid I always thought tuna were these tiny, sardine sized fish.

[mdzwan]

imagine becoming a millionaire just by catching a fish

[finlaymacdonald]

Imagine if I was worth $400 a pound omg

[jackharrington]

It’s because pacific blue fin tuna is at 3.3% of its unfished population. We have been over fishing the crap out of it. We got to stop over fishing

[DOGMANCOMIX]

If there’s a tuna bigger than than a man imagine what else there is in the ocean

[urygen]

As a commercial bluefin tuna fisherman from Maine, I’ll have to say 20-40 a lb for the angler is only a dream now a days. Over the past few years I’d say the average has dropped from 15 down to as low as 5 a pound depending on market. Covid has definitely not helped, but managed to get 8 per on a 350 lbs dressed BFT. Great informative video. Wish more people knew about this market and where the fish come from.

[LeNguyen-trmk]

Me randomly watching at 3am and work starts at 9am...

[dms]

And the price will keep increasing as their population decreases

[harryballs]

Lvl 1 normal tuna vs lvl 35 bluefin tuna

*thats how mafia works*

[surplus]

When I was a teen and went deep sea fishing off the coast of Baja California I was the only one on the boat for the day that caught a bluefin. A few dozen yellowfin were caught. It wasn't a massive fish like these million dollar ones, but it was around 100lbs or so. Didn't realize how big a deal that was, but it tasted great.

[LucaInvicta]

0:48 i literally thought the screen was cut in half omg

[jsable]

Seems like everyone just agreed on making it so expensive.

[sidjtd]

Fun fact: Otoro/Fatty tuna was the least desired in ancient Japan and red meat was the most desired. Now it’s flipped. Lesson is nothing makes sense

[RamRod]

The Mexican bluefin fishery is also overlooked. Just outside of Tijuana they also raise bluefin in pens and feed them sardines until mature enough to harvest. Huge business for the people in that area.

[justinemarkdajay]

Me: *Watching an AC/DC concert.*
Youtube: Hey, um, wanna know why tuna is expensive?