JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, October 31, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,394,681         104        98
Fresh                                741          96       100 
Frozen                         1,224,281         104        98
Salted                            87,400         106        97
Processed                         82,259         103       101 
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      66,112          95        96
 Albacore tuna                    15,188         108       132 
 Bigeye tuna                      18,344          92        94
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,109          84        65
 Other tuna                       16,471         101       126
 Billfish                          3,695         101       110
 Skipjack                         20,651          85        43
 Salmon 1/                       102,083         115       133
 Pink salmon                      15,857          90        83
 Herring                          19,682          91        74
 Sardine/anchovy                  45,568          92       169
 Sardine                          37,074          93       190
 Jack mackerel                    41,327          97       107
 Mackerel                         57,552          99        81
 Saury                            54,045         166       130
 Flatfish                         28,815          97        86
 Cod                              14,502         106       103 
 Pollock                           2,610          77        53
 Sea bream                         9,399          97       107
 Sand lance                       25,502          81       490
 Other finfish                   257,206         105        94
 Clam                             41,113          93        99
 Shrimp                           83,401          96       102
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       148,963         114        96
 Squid, common                    84,126         125        92 
 Cuttlefish                       11,578         101        97
 Other squid                      53,259         102       103
 Octopus                          30,673         130        78
 Other shellfish                  62,935          99        86 
 Pollock surimi                   58,150         106       103
 Other surimi                     32,003         113        85
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        18,002         113        83
 Pink salmon                       1,490         102        56
 Pollock roe                      19,277          98       130
 Salmon roe                        8,116         137       107
 Herring roe                       6,272         112        79
 Other                            34,243         101        96
 
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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