JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, OCTOBER 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Oct. 1997   Oct. 1996   Oct. 1997   Oct. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              7,223         440         993        707
Others                    497         457         691        673
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       76         124          56         83
Atlantic salmon         1,644       1,522       1,275      1,185
Yellowfin tuna          2,464       2,920       2,076      2,156
Bluefin tuna              504         464       1,331      1,357
Bigeye tuna             2,188       2,213       1,942      1,841
Southern bluefin tuna     614         412       1,175        864
Sea bream                 180         164         162        178
Billfish                  206         182         170        154
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         5,123       8,848       3,462      5,115
Pacific coho            1,101       2,650         585      1,190
Other Pacific salmon    2,215       1,014         403        373
Pink salmon             4,770       2,323       2,114      1,256
Atlantic salmon           847         865         449        463
Other salmon              253         149         116         80
Halibut                 1,482       2,668         585      1,401
Albacore tuna             235         236          67         67
Yellowfin tuna          8,834       5,244       2,835      2,043
Skipjack                7,958       3,512       1,178        457
Bluefin tuna              572       1,102         802      2,261
Bigeye tuna             7,322       6,484       4,509      5,297
Herring                   599         574          76         59
Cod                     1,993       5,126         403      1,120
Mackerel                2,386       4,604         507        812
Jack mackerel           6,454       5,905         768        615
Sea bream                 297       1,492          76        470
Capelin                 1,641       2,098         429        500
Billfish                  765       1,564         277        783
Spanish mackerel          229         259         117        152
Rockfish                5,022       5,744       1,398      1,575
Sablefish               1,607       3,056       1,880      3,170
Herring roe             1,629       2,636         813      2,704
Pollock roe               755         865         619        774
Mero                    1,409         431       1,223        368
Pollock surimi         37,582      24,321      12,285      6,224
Cod Surimi                634         955         186        177
Threadfin bream         4,456       2,996       1,318        766
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               736         583       1,113        933
Pollock roe               257         126         368        186
Salmon roe                982         905         968        870
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  721         833         471        530
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             164         178         607        637
King crab               2,195       2,287       1,238      1,313
Tanner crab             1,922       1,477         724        589
Blue crab                 216         520         257        418
Other crab                769         359         787        369
Oyster                    555         450         631        477
Clam                    2,739       3,353         508        456
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             430         883         845      1,596
Lobster                    45          89          83        178
Shrimp                 29,035      31,280      41,385     37,781
King crab               3,554       5,231       5,067      8,210
Tanner crab             5,354       6,241       4,330      5,663
Blue crab               1,254       1,384         637        644
Other crab                 90         142          64        155
European cuttlefish     1,492       1,243         810        649
Octopus                 5,805      10,534       3,510      7,812
Scallop                    12          35          18         57
Other cuttlefish        3,168       2,383       2,409      1,722
Squid                   3,294         993         494        249
Abalone                    42          57         252        245
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      13          88          11         68
Sea urchin roe             56          34         134         92
Jellyfish               2,062         896         642        386
Seaweed, dried            483         380         397        316
Seaweed, salted             -         211           -         20
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,548       2,760       6,536      6,631
Canned crab                75           5         170          5
Fish meal              68,385      40,557       5,953      3,032
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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