Sushi magnate Kiyoshi Kimura stunned foodies around the world in 2019 when he paid a record-high 333.6 million yen ($2.9 million) for a single bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year.

A US beginner angler hooked a possible world record 250kg tuna off Great Barrier Island. The crew had to apologise to families after 8.5-hour battle caused them to miss Christmas lunch.