A Japanese sushi boss has paid a record USD 3.1m for a giant tuna at the first new year’s auction in Tokyo’s new fish market.

　　在东京新鱼市场的第一个新年拍卖中，一位日本寿司老板以创纪录的310万美元购买了一条巨型金枪鱼。

　　Self-styled "Tuna King" Kiyoshi Kimura bought the 278kg (612lbs) bluefin tuna, which is an endangered species.

　　自称为“金枪鱼大王”的Kiyoshi Kimura购买了一条重达278公斤(612磅)蓝鳍金枪鱼，这是濒危物种。

　　He spent more than twice the previous record of $1.4m, which he paid in 2013.

　　他本次拍出的价格是之前创下的纪录的两倍多，2013年他以140万美元拍了一条鱼。

　　Wholesalers and sushi company owners often pay high prices for the best fish at the first pre-dawn auction of the new year.

　　批发商和寿司公司老板经常在新年的第一个黎明前举行的拍卖会上以高价购买最好的鱼。

　　"I bought a good tuna," Mr Kimura told AFP after the auction.

　　“我买了一条好鱼，”Kimura先生在拍卖结束后告诉法新社。

　　"The price was higher than originally thought, but I hope our customers will eat this excellent tuna."

　　“价格高于原先的预期，但我希望我们的客户能吃到这条优质的金枪鱼。”

　　Mr Kimura has been the highest bidder at the new year auction for seven of the past eight years.

　　在过去八年里，Kimura先生七年均是新年拍卖的最高出价者。

　　The 2019 auction is the first new year sale to take place at the new fish market on the site of a former gas plant in Toyosu, which opened in October.

　　本次2019年拍卖是新年第一个拍卖，在豊洲的一个前天然气厂改造而成的新鱼市场上进行，该鱼市于去年10月份开业。