JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, November 30, 2001
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,425,036         102        99
Fresh                                827         112       115 
Frozen                         1,255,301         103       100
Salted                            84,728          97        97
Processed                         84,180         102        99 
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      66,061         100        92
 Albacore tuna                    14,560          96       149 
 Bigeye tuna                      17,521          96        87
 Yellowfin tuna                   16,229         101        57
 Other tuna                       17,751         108       135
 Billfish                          4,481         121       127
 Skipjack                         26,879         130        57
 Salmon 1/                        94,326          92       132
 Pink salmon                      16,200         102        89
 Herring                          17,845          91        69
 Sardine/anchovy                  43,966          96       190 
 Sardine                          34,075          92       196
 Jack mackerel                    45,529         110       113
 Mackerel                         79,697         138        98 
 Saury                            63,213         117       135
 Flatfish                         28,078          97        82
 Cod                              15,640         108       114 
 Pollock                           2,217          85        52
 Sea bream                         8,840          94       105
 Sand lance                       18,088          71       795
 Other finfish                   262,495         102        97
 Clam                             37,600          91        99
 Shrimp                           82,865          99       100
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       156,188         105        90
 Squid, common                    92,452         110        89 
 Cuttlefish                       11,384          98        96
 Other squid                      52,352          98        91
 Octopus                          28,801          94        77
 Other shellfish                  60,220          96        83 
 Pollock surimi                   59,010         101       105
 Other surimi                     34,770         109        97
Salted:                                                       
 Salmon 1/                        16,700          93        80
 Pink salmon                       1,266          85        45
 Pollock roe                      19,029          99       131
 Salmon roe                        8,892         110       111
 Herring roe                       6,112          97        84
 Other                            32,729          96        98
 
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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