JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, SEPTEMBER 30, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,340,955         102        98
Fresh                                771         103       112
Frozen                         1,177,894         102        98
Salted                            82,724         108        95
Processed                         79,566          99        99
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      69,514         100        99
 Albacore tuna                    14,008         110       116 
 Bigeye tuna                      19,958          92        99
 Yellowfin tuna                   19,212          87        80
 Other tuna                       16,336         123       120
 Billfish                          3,663         100       104
 Skipjack                         24,248         110        51
 Salmon 1/                        88,875         110       124
 Pink salmon                      17,572          97        92
 Herring                          21,656          90        76
 Sardine/anchovy                  49,851          96       167
 Sardine                          40,048          98       204
 Jack mackerel                    42,602          93       112
 Mackerel                         58,335          96        86
 Saury                            32,468         189       148
 Flatfish                         29,825         102        85
 Cod                              13,668         107        93
 Pollock                           3,370         120        72
 Sea bream                         9,690         103       115
 Sand lance                       31,605          87       286
 Other finfish                   245,727         102        92
 Clam                             44,321          97       103
 Shrimp                           86,936         100       106
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       131,003         105        94
 Squid, common                    67,428         113        81 
 Cuttlefish                       11,466          97        97
 Other squid                      52,109          99       119
 Octopus                          23,597         111        65
 Other shellfish                  63,787          96        87 
 Pollock surimi                   54,903         110       111
 Other surimi                     28,257          94        76
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        15,975         127        88
 Pink salmon                       1,466          94        51
 Pollock roe                      19,670          99       126
 Salmon roe                        5,941         144        89
 Herring roe                       5,620          92        74
 Other                            34,052         104        95
 
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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