First Pacific Saury Catch in Kushiro, Highest Price Ever, 250,000 Yen per kilogram... Man Buys One for 50,000 Yen "for His Wife's Birthday"

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[Yomiuri Shimbun] On the morning of the 10th, the first drift net fishing catch of pacific saury was landed at Kushiro Port in Kushiro, Hokkaido, ahead of the rest of the country. The size of the fish was large for the early season, and at the first auction it fetched a record high of 250,000 yen (excluding tax) per kilogram, about four times the previous record.