JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Apr. 1998   Apr. 1997   Apr. 1998   Apr. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,057         862       1,841      1,737
Others                    724         496         784        621
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           1           -          1
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       68          72          57         65
Atlantic salmon         1,913       1,957       1,568      1,613
Yellowfin tuna          2,987       2,730       2,399      2,187
Bluefin tuna              374         324         759        603
Bigeye tuna             2,011       2,051       1,797      1,901
Southern bluefin tuna     470         630         849        896
Sea bream                 182         146         134        148
Billfish                  163         208         130        175
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  65         n/a          47        n/a
Pacific sockeye         1,410       1,125         921        645
Pacific coho           10,659       8,769       4,268      4,761
Other Pacific salmon      226         391          85        233
Pink salmon             7,149       5,391       3,007      2,657
Atlantic salmon           221         301         141        163
Other salmon                -          59           -         31
Halibut                   952       1,019         398        461
Albacore tuna              76          67          16         15
Yellowfin tuna          6,772       7,171       2,424      2,751
Skipjack                2,761       2,377         401        329
Bluefin tuna               32           -          15          1
Bigeye tuna            11,981      10,252       7,137      7,561
Herring                 1,739       5,525         228        776
Cod                     2,276       4,235         433        859
Mackerel               12,142       7,447       2,753      1,543
Mero                    1,040         N/A         549        N/A
Jack mackerel           3,786       3,792         386        400
Sea bream                 236         774          60        263
Capelin                 7,226       6,089       1,168      1,022
Billfish                  988       1,043         287        358
Spanish mackerel          313         178         129         96
Rockfish                1,689       3,267         528        901
Sablefish                 910         676         880        732
Herring roe               635         222         400        203
Pollock roe             9,353       9,126       8,639      9,770
Mero, fillet              787       1,145         568      1,035
Swordfish, fillet         178         N/A          83        N/A
Pollock surimi         20,723      23,641       4,640      7,046
Cod Surimi                 77         496          19        125
Threadfin bream         4,230       2,743         805        755
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               692         379         892        670
Pollock roe               197         180         288        275
Salmon roe                128         154         231        241
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                399         N/A         357        N/A
Arkshell                  953         938         440        612
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             236         238         711        957
King crab                 958         946         465        593
Tanner crab             2,029       1,551       6,591        591
Blue crab                  60         124         111        164
Other crab                535         310         370        338
Oyster                  1,497         890         752        538
Clam                    1,895       2,087         306        394
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             940         999       1,989      2,584
Lobster                    37          39          76        123
Shrimp                 18,076      19,676      26,557      2,637
King crab               2,027       1,847       3,016      2,869
Tanner crab             6,412       6,803       4,486      4,944
Blue crab                 500         289         226        165
Other crab                 53          78          45         59
European cuttlefish       846       2,042         498      1,065
Octopus                 5,004      12,208       2,881      9,572
Scallop                   138          33         112         44
Other cuttlefish        2,292       2,312       1,853      1,984
Squid                      52         458          27        128
Abalone                    18          15          89         62
Salted/dried                 
Squid                       9          13          12          9
Sea urchin roe             40          29          83         73
Jellyfish                 856         421         312        317
Seaweed, dried            627         488         458        451
Seaweed, salted         8,302       8,668       1,023      1,543
Prepared                     
Eel                     6,973       5,762      10,904     13,676
Canned crab                 6          21           6         90
Fish meal              29,603      30,768       2,855      2,547
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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