Giant tuna sells for record price

President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura, displays a 222kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2013. The bluefin tuna was traded at 155.4 million yen (1.77 million USD) at the wholesale market, smashing a previous record. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO
President of sushi restaurant chain Sushi-Zanmai, Kiyoshi Kimura, displays a 222kg bluefin tuna at his main restaurant near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on January 5, 2013. The bluefin tuna was traded at 155.4 million yen (1.77 million USD) at the wholesale market, smashing a previous record. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO)

The 222 kg bluefin tuna was traded at 155.4 million yen (1.75 million CAD) at the wholesale market in Tokyo, smashing a previous record.