World’s Most Expensive Crab Sold for 46,000 Dollars at an Auction

Japan, in an auction recently witnessed a snow crab being sold for a record amount of 46,000 dollars. The bidder may be feeling the pinch after enjoying the delicacy made out of it, but the price with which he bought the crab is going to set a new world record for him, so anyway the bidder is not a loser, he won both ways.

In Japan’s western Tottori region, the winter seafood delicacy is at the peak of the season, that has started just from this week and it is therefore the crustacean was bought for a final price of five million yen which is equal to 46,000 dollar.

In Japan, buyers end up paying huge sums to secure a seasonal first at auctions that ranges from tuna to melons, which also become the media headlines earning the buyer a popular status and fame.

Local government official, Shota Inamono also confirmed that the crab weighed at 1.2 kilograms (2.6 pounds) and measured 14.6 centimeters (5.7 inches) across and said, “I was surprised it went for such a high price”. 

Inamono also added, that the price exceeded the record of the last year, where the crab is priced at about two million yen. At that time, it was registered in the Guinness World Records for the most expensive crab. 

He also said, “The crab this year beat the record price last year, so we believe this is probably the most expensive crab in the world”, adding that the government will also consider applying for Guinness certification this time again.

According to media reports a local crab seller Kanemasa Hamashita Shoten bought the crab and it will be served at a high-end Japanese restaurant in Tokyo’s famous Ginza district.

In Japan, the administrative authority has adopted strict rules on the size and the number of the crabs that can be caught from December last year, after the catch nearly surpassed the total allowable limit allocated by the authority during the last fishing season due to fair weather.

Now, to prevent overfishing, the fishing operators will be given more holidays this season so to avoid catching more small crabs. 

But the craze continues, this year in the month of January, a Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record price of 3.1 million dollars to buy a giant tuna at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market, on the other hand, a single pair of premium melons fetched a record 29,300 dollar at an auction last year.