The coronavirus pandemic has slashed tuna prices because people aren't eating out.

According to staff, the priciest bluefin tuna sold a 20.8 million yen on Tuesday, or just over 200,000 U.

S dollars.

That's just 10% of the biggest seller of 2020 a bluefin that went for nearly $1.9 million.

It's not the first sign the pandemic has hit the tuna market.

Japan's tuna imports fell 18% in the first six months of 2020 from a year earlier, Finance Ministry reported.

One major bidder, Kitamura Corp.

Which owns a number of popular restaurant chains, said it decided to refrain from bidding high this year.