JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    June 1997   June 1996  June 1997   June 1996
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,501      1,282      2,518      2,486
Others                    666        610        949        907
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            35         33         31         36
Pacific coho                -          -          -          -
Other Pacific salmon       61        132         51         99
Atlantic salmon         1,603      1,437      1,216      1,079
Yellowfin tuna          2,632      3,066      1,996      2,106
Bluefin tuna              439        401        652        687
Bigeye tuna             1,554      1,701      1,344      2,200
Southern bluefin tuna     418         17        725        234
Sea bream                 149        125        123        128
Billfish                  136        140        116        101
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         4,082      2,866      2,213      2,403
Pacific coho            2,203      3,847      1,024      1,596
Other Pacific salmon      648      1,105        294        345
Pink salmon             3,093      3,910      1,453      1,668
Atlantic salmon           530        494        273        246
Other salmon              146        296         67        101
Halibut                 2,915      3,138      1,313      1,494
Albacore tuna              79        143         19         33
Yellowfin tuna          5,481      8,765      2,160      3,824
Skipjack                5,809      4,478        749        470
Bluefin tuna                1          -          1          -
Bigeye tuna             8,114     10,028      6,096      7,535
Herring                18,980     21,814      3,305      6,589
Cod                     1,997      2,686        456        481
Mackerel               12,450     11,799      2,775      1,515
Jack mackerel           6,288      2,766        737        344
Sea bream                 838      1,696        279        472
Capelin                 1,110      7,241        298      1,414
Billfish                  831      1,644        261        648
Spanish mackerel          132        332         43        124
Rockfish                2,508      3,673        636        911
Sablefish               2,313      2,541      2,626      2,536
Herring roe               186        204        130        124
Pollock roe             5,628      7,133      5,456      8,080
Mero                    1,666        910      1,363        710
Pollock surimi          3,120      6,701        934      1,394
Cod Surimi              1,643      1,736        471        306
Threadfin bream         3,519      1,671        941        383
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,294      1,448      2,151      3,646
Pollock roe               350        314        544        358
Salmon roe                259        238        435        430
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  739        820        474        370
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             192        219        762        840
King crab               1,497        788        790        417
Tanner crab             2,247      2,408        716        728
Blue crab                  36         70         44         57
Other crab                198        111        186         92
Oyster                    321         85        162         40
Clam                    1,386        817        228        125
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             595        641      1,310      1,441
Lobster                    92        144        184        365
Shrimp                 24,286     23,882     29,852     28,370
King crab               1,313      3,404      1,924      3,084
Tanner crab             5,497      2,544      5,371      5,654
Blue crab                 400        304        215        264
Other crab                128         82        155         40
European cuttlefish       892      2,148        491        537
Octopus                 2,973      6,224      1,785      2,301
Scallop                    54         49        103        292
Other cuttlefish        2,571      2,224      1,934      1,763
Squid                     881      2,231        240         83
Abalone                    47         32        257        148
Salted/dried                 
Squid                       4         12          9         20
Sea urchin roe             18         37         44         72
Jellyfish               1,546      1,546        620        806
Seaweed, dried            538        421        440        351
Seaweed, salted             -      1,864          -        212
Prepared                     
Eel                     6,217      6,998     13,236     17,116
Canned crab                 4         14         14         62
Fish meal              25,159     27,067      1,927      2,112
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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