JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 28, 1998
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,393,605          95       101
Fresh                                800          94        81
Frozen                         1,251,706          95       101
Salted                            72,663          95       108
Processed                         68,436          98        97
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      60,506         101       111
 Albacore tuna                    10,386          91       118
 Bigeye tuna                      15,928         112       107
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,656         101        99
 Other tuna                       17,536          98       128
 Billfish                          5,833         100       108
 Skipjack                         22,513          85        70
 Salmon 1/                        68,890          95        98
 Pink salmon                      12,226          90       115
 Herring                          23,083          85        89
 Sardine/anchovy                  41,541         120        69
 Sardine                          27,569         100        63
 Jack mackerel                    57,632          93       120
 Pacific mackerel                141,444          95       107
 Saury                            55,985          89       212
 Flatfish                         37,937          92       112
 Cod                              21,147          97       109
 Pollock                           3,816          88       107
 Sea bream                         9,125          94       108
 Sand lance                          976          85        21
 Other finfish                   258,858          94        99
 Clam                             27,617          92        94
 Shrimp                           70,551          96        94
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       162,145          92        94
 Squid, common                    95,850          89        94
 Cuttlefish                       14,378         103        88
 Other squid                      51,917          94        95
 Octopus                          27,718         115        90
 Other shellfish                  42,718          98        86
 Pollock surimi                   50,810         100       120
 Other surimi                     47,861          99       124
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        14,237          97       104
 Pink salmon                       1,893          93       138
 Pollock roe                      14,712         100       114
 Salmon roe                        5,296          90        87
 Herring roe                       5,860          94       117
 Other                            30,665          93       109

1/ Excluding pink salmon.
   A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
   B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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