JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, JULY 31, 2003
                                             
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Fishery Products           Metric tons       Comparison (%)
                                              A         B 
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Total, Fishery Products      1,212,504        98        99
Fresh                              602       107        73
Frozen                       1,043,819        98       100
Salted                          88,499       101       101
Processed                       79,584        97        95

Frozen:                               
 Tuna, total                    58,076       105        86
 Albacore tuna                  10,995       103        49
 Bigeye tuna                    15,973       107        91
 Yellowfin tuna                 14,786       105       111
 Other tuna                     16,322       105       116
 Billfish                        3,681        96        97
 Skipjack                       34,822        93       147
 Salmon*                        65,119       100        84
 Pink salmon                    14,601        99        97
 Herring                        28,553        89       111
 Sardine/anchovy                74,317        90       153
 Sardine                        22,906       101       112
 Jack mackerel                  38,171        90        94
 Mackerel                       77,909        94       132
 Saury                          25,010        87       127
 Flatfish                       21,567       102        81
 Cod                            11,411       101        92
 Pollock                         2,093        90        92
 Sea bream                       7,136       100        85
 Other finfish                 235,502       100        95
 Clam                           39,400       100        90
 Shrimp                         75,923       109        99
 Squid & cuttlefish, total      82,352       101        90
 Squid, common                  41,741       104        98
 Cuttlefish                      9,616       102        92
 Other squid                    30,995        98        80
 Octopus                        26,974       114       100
 Other shellfish                49,083       102        95
 Pollock surimi                 45,657        87        96
 Other surimi                   24,726        92        94

Salted:                                                   
 Salmon*                         9,519       130        80
 Pink salmon                     1,916       101        85
 Pollock roe                    25,273        96        95
 Salmon roe                      5,126       104       110
 Herring roe                     5,763       131       107
 Other                          40,902        95       109
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* 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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