JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, MARCH 31, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,319,871         100       100
Fresh                                463         103        72
Frozen                         1,176,670         100       100
Salted                            68,303         107        95
Processed                         74,435          99       102
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      68,211          96        99
 Albacore tuna                     6,153          88        39
 Bigeye tuna                      18,974         107       103
 Yellowfin tuna                   30,903          90       136
 Other tuna                       12,181         100       103
 Billfish                          3,957         108        90
 Skipjack                         32,579          93        95
 Salmon 1/                        91,749         113       110
 Pink salmon                      16,355         103        87
 Herring                          19,936          96        75
 Sardine/anchovy                  33,810          98        40
 Sardine                          24,499         106        60
 Jack mackerel                    45,407         101        93
 Mackerel                        104,901         103        94
 Saury                            34,278          88       200
 Flatfish                         31,260         100        99
 Cod                              12,971         119        98
 Pollock                           4,586         117        67
 Sea bream                         8,832         101       122
 Sand lance                        2,005         172        31
 Other finfish                   232,806          98        96
 Clam                             27,529         102       108
 Shrimp                           74,077          97       105
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       141,656          95       153
 Squid, common                    73,273          87       146
 Cuttlefish                       12,726          99       105
 Other squid                      55,657         105       183
 Octopus                          42,497          98        99
 Other shellfish                  59,903         103       124
 Pollock surimi                   54,183         115       105
 Other surimi                     31,881         108        76
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        10,124          87        72
 Pink salmon                       2,012          93       102
 Pollock roe                      14,587         115        98
 Salmon roe                        4,718          82        88
 Herring roe                       2,946          99        81
 Other                            33,916         120       107

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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