[Swiftwater Gazette] Giant Tuna Fetches $177, 000 at Japanese Auction

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

Saw that! I may cut my time short in Japan on this trip and
re-position early to Shanghai on company equipment because (1) I want
to see how another crew deals with goats, and (2) Slim's friend who
plays in a jazz club in Shanghai is a hoot! Full report to follow.

Gone to bed before flying.

Brad

On 1/5/10, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> The auctions happen in the early morning before the subway starts
> running, but good for pilots on Memphis time.  The same fish may be
> bought and sold a dozen times before all the hand cut parts leave the
> fish market. Whole tuna is first cut by a guy with a samurai-like
> sword--it looks like the old John Belushi joke.  Most of the Tuna comes
> in frozen solid, and there are tuna lying around all over the place.
> The fish market is an incredible bee-hive of activity, mostly not as
> civilized as depicted in the NYT photo.
>
> B.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/05/business/AP-AS-Japan-Giant-Tuna-Sold.html?_r=1&hp
>