JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MARCH 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Mar. 1998   Mar. 1997   Mar. 1998   Mar. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,037         794       1,672      1,601
Others                    720         395         794        473
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       83          91          69         79
Atlantic salmon         2,076       2,012       1,574      1,633
Yellowfin tuna          3,459       3,377       2,621      2,471
Bluefin tuna              421         308         929        655
Bigeye tuna             2,458       2,196       2,043      1,891
Southern bluefin tuna     318         651         494        754
Sea bream                 222         184         184        179
Billfish                  192         152         154        130
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  67         N/A          44        N/A
Pacific sockeye         1,074         139         660         78
Pacific coho           12,843       8,207       4,790      4,763
Other Pacific salmon      203         282          88        168
Pink salmon             5,394       3,656       2,136      1,770
Atlantic salmon           149         223          91        117
Other salmon                -           -           -          -
Halibut                   934       1,437         387        680
Albacore tuna             121          97          31         27
Yellowfin tuna          6,022       7,972       2,350      2,461
Skipjack                2,084       3,952         288        483
Bluefin tuna              311           6         403          9
Bigeye tuna            12,056       9,395       7,121      7,003
Herring                 1,864       1,647         259        290
Cod                     4,424       6,105         831      1,218
Mackerel                4,999       6,473       1,125      1,289
Mero                    1,685         N/A         837        N/A
Jack mackerel           5,755       5,233         673        651
Sea bream                 700       1,228         199        434
Capelin                   686       1,178         215        288
Billfish                1,352         710         457        252
Spanish mackerel          356         324         126        118
Rockfish                  842       1,953         243        630
Sablefish                 386         509         379        556
Herring roe               492         538         320        557
Pollock roe             4,537       8,282       4,097      9,123
Mero, fillet              886         N/A         656        N/A
Swordfish, fillet          62         N/A          30        N/A
Pollock surimi          3,505      14,392         782      4,067
Cod Surimi                 23         143           5         32
Threadfin bream         2,218       1,872         435        504
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               531         200         695        418
Pollock roe               135         257         187        360
Salmon roe                175         153         355        373
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                368         N/A         345        N/A
Arkshell                  845         937         399        617
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             225         212         669        847
King crab               1,392       1,555         704      1,172
Tanner crab             1,069         665         459        323
Blue crab                  48         147         111        188
Other crab                345         100         327        121
Oyster                  1,535         924         801        565
Clam                    1,919       1,627         319        333
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             800       1,107       1,480      2,712
Lobster                    29          34          72         73
Shrimp                 16,808      16,667      24,107     21,325
King crab               2,012       1,534       2,731      2,434
Tanner crab             5,775       2,277       3,644      1,737
Blue crab                 291         306         146        205
Other crab                 29          66          36         46
European cuttlefish     1,354       1,591         708        858
Octopus                10,224      10,734       5,761      8,052
Scallop                    33          46          30         80
Other cuttlefish        2,278       1,906       1,825      1,670
Squid                      17         668          11        154
Abalone                    15          42          63        185
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      10          22           1         25
Sea urchin roe             20          24          64         48
Jellyfish                 174         613          75        433
Seaweed, dried            474         334         383        344
Seaweed, salted             -           -           -          -
Prepared                     
Eel                     5,026       5,202       7,271     12,005
Canned crab                 3          59           7        285
Fish meal              28,184      14,262       2,644      1,166
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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