Why are whole tunas bought for so much when canned tuna is one of the cheapest foods you can get?
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The tuna in the can is not the same as the expensive tuna
A 1000 pound Bluefine tuna might go for $10,000 but that’s $10/pound and its going to be turned into sushi worth more than that. Yellowfin(Ahi) is also used for Tuna and similarly sells for a reasonably high price, especially for nicer cuts
Tuna in cans is generally Albacore Tuna which sells for closer to $1.50/pound and huge quantities are caught. The good meat will go to higher end cuts with the scraps going into canned tuna to further drive down the price.
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