JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, AUGUST 1999
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Metric tons Million yen
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Fishery Products Aug. 1999 Aug. 1998 Aug. 1999 Aug. 1998
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Live:
Eel, adult 772 876 1,251 1,635
Others 886 583 1,226 784
Fresh
Pacific sockeye 1 25 1 10
Pacific coho - - - -
Other Pacific salmon 610 279 116 130
Atlantic salmon 2,029 1,494 1,383 1,313
Yellowfin tuna 2,461 2,915 1,825 2,188
Bluefin tuna 356 348 945 788
Bigeye tuna 2,215 1,953 1,816 1,588
Southern bluefin tuna 450 685 1,142 1,378
Sea bream 95 85 74 71
Billfish 124 90 92 65
Frozen
Swordfish 229 65 201 55
Pacific sockeye 21,185 18,197 13,180 18,052
Pacific coho 1,070 2,825 550 1,594
Other Pacific salmon 4,001 4,539 1,641 1,209
Pink salmon 3,368 2,754 2,062 1,409
Atlantic salmon 2,135 249 1,125 161
Other salmon 85 63 52 33
Halibut 3,079 1,945 1,166 767
Albacore tuna 104 88 22 20
Yellowfin tuna 5,044 6,836 1,567 2,428
Skipjack 9,756 3,547 747 560
Bluefin tuna 312 528 382 574
Bigeye tuna 6,762 8,487 5,273 4,712
Herring 2,520 1,960 526 196
Cod 466 363 139 91
Mackerel 614 1,617 94 407
Mero 579 1,662 574 895
Jack mackerel 1,983 1,277 288 303
Sea bream 649 298 158 87
Capelin 1,494 3,882 341 1,139
Billfish 663 584 134 156
Spanish mackerel 47 82 19 31
Rockfish 9,147 13,197 2,281 3,690
Sablefish 1,325 1,788 1,234 1,714
Herring roe 35 1 6 1
Pollock roe 2,399 2,240 2,490 1,732
Mero, fillet 353 730 468 645
Swordfish, fillet 109 527 57 970
Pollock surimi 1,889 5,128 593 1,199
Cod Surimi 4,772 3,580 1,135 686
Threadfin bream 2,447 2,679 538 567
Salted/dried
Herring roe 1,127 1,512 1,972 2,308
Pollock roe 170 189 342 250
Salmon roe 1,093 880 1,387 1,058
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin 523 552 357 362
Arkshell 631 708 398 487
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster 127 124 460 491
King crab 1,457 1,858 672 765
Tanner crab 1,387 1,581 387 323
Blue crab - 1 - 1
Other crab 574 848 375 501
Oyster 58 192 31 84
Clam 1,153 1,173 266 227
Frozen
Spiny lobster 465 527 820 1,164
Lobster 224 138 447 351
Shrimp 23,325 22,581 27,455 35,642
King crab 574 638 689 551
Tanner crab 5,121 3,683 4,799 3,316
Blue crab 311 671 133 318
Other crab 43 148 43 146
European cuttlefish 1,324 1,295 562 690
Octopus 10,634 6,532 4,713 4,034
Scallop 91 64 129 52
Other cuttlefish 2,255 2,421 1,456 1,970
Squid 934 239 149 60
Abalone 15 23 58 131
Salted/dried
Squid 14 13 14 8
Sea urchin roe 32 18 55 28
Jellyfish 1,521 1,095 637 376
Seaweed, dried 543 452 318 389
Seaweed, salted 314 311 37 34
Prepared
Eel 3,695 3,264 4,292 5,680
Canned crab 27 33 139 109
Fish meal 50,406 36,962 3,146 4,128
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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