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Japanese snow crab fetches record price

As much as $62,500 was paid for the 5.75 inch, 2.6 lb snow crab, which was caught off the coast of Japan's Tottori prefecture, an area known for producing high-end crustaceans

By Undercurrent News | Nov. 7, 2019 15:17 GMT
A giant snow crab above the entrance of a restaurant in Japan. Credit: robbin lee/Shutterstock.com
A giant snow crab above the entrance of a restaurant in Japan. Credit: robbin lee/Shutterstock.com
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A snow crab with a 14.6 centimeter (5.75 inches) wide shell, weighing 1.24 kilograms (2.6 lbs), sold for a record JPY 5 million ($62,500) on Thursday at a fish market in western Japan, reports The Straits Times, an English news service based in Singapore. [...]

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