初競りマグロ２０００万円割れ　６年ぶり、今年も自粛ムード―豊洲市場

　東京・豊洲市場（江東区）で５日朝、新春の初競りが行われた。新型コロナウイルスの感染急拡大の懸念が強まる中、クロマグロの競りは昨年同様、安値スタートとなった。
　マグロの競りは午前５時１０分に始まった。１番人気は２１１キロの青森県大間産で、１キロ当たり８万円、１匹１６８８万円で、昨年より約２割安。６年ぶりに２０００万円を下回った。
　例年高値が付く国産天然マグロだが、今年は昨年の２倍近い約２３０匹が上場されて人気が割れたほか、新型コロナによる自粛ムードもあって、控えめな競り値となった。（2022/01/05-09:44）

This year's first bluefin tuna auction at Tokyo's iconic Toyosu wholesale market, held Wednesday, lacked luster amid growing concerns over a surge in novel coronavirus infection cases in Japan.
   The day's tuna auction at the market in Koto Ward in the Japanese capital began at 5:10 a.m. (8:10 p.m. Tuesday GMT).
   The most popular in the New Year's auction was a 211-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which sold for 16.88 million yen, down some 20 pct from the level at last year's first auction.
   The price of the most popular bluefin tuna in a New Year's auction fell below 20 million yen for the first time in six years.
   Prices fetched at this year's auction were relatively low partly because the number of tuna put up for sale totaled some 230, nearly double the previous year's level, and participants felt hesitant to bid up amid the COVID-19 crisis.