JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, FEBRUARY 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Feb. 1998   Feb. 1997   Feb. 1998   Feb. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult                997         798       1,272      1,611
Others                    452         321         444        382
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           1           -          1
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       88          95          68         74
Atlantic salmon         1,487       1,633       1,116      1,354
Yellowfin tuna          2,597       2,512       2,060      1,917
Bluefin tuna              195         404         606        600
Bigeye tuna             2,040       1,720       1,781      1,494
Southern bluefin tuna     344         519         416        598
Sea bream                 163         140         161        136
Billfish                  127         149          93        115
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  26           -          19          -
Pacific sockeye         2,415         125       1,447         73
Pacific coho            8,304       9,105       3,073      5,854
Other Pacific salmon      266          82          79         47
Pink salmon             5,035       3,944       1,746      2,025
Atlantic salmon            75         109          37         64
Other salmon               21         400          10        237
Halibut                   497         731         202        355
Albacore tuna              80          55          17         17
Yellowfin tuna          5,673       9,568       2,208      2,698
Skipjack                3,917       3,354         559        445
Bluefin tuna              436          45         481         88
Bigeye tuna            11,992       8,852       7,433      6,622
Herring                   968       2,888         145        370
Cod                     2,361       3,155         385        679
Mackerel                6,208       6,021       1,516      1,239
Mero                      690           -         381          -
Jack mackerel           2,475       6,150         282        712
Sea bream                 187         398          43        132
Capelin                   470         647         166        233
Billfish                  592         446         192        174
Spanish mackerel          235         302         119        173
Rockfish                  700       2,046         227        587
Sablefish                 808         468         763        511
Herring roe                59         159          38        168
Pollock roe               755       1,814         586      2,051
Mero, fillet              958       1,245         698      1,179
Swordfish, fillet          79           -          41          -
Pollock surimi          1,142       5,856         264      1,684
Cod Surimi                  -          11           -          2
Threadfin bream         1,496       1,525         328        405
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               148         190         276        204
Pollock roe               159         216         236        273
Salmon roe                276         149         622        368
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                295           -         286          -
Arkshell                  689         695         346        519
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             172         182         532        723
King crab               1,336       1,744         945      1,443
Tanner crab               703         653         471        352
Blue crab                  44         222          84        248
Other crab                174         139         197        128
Oyster                  1,012         651         541        481
Clam                    3,626       4,061         666        934
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             757         907       1,490      2,049
Lobster                    73          29         174         83
Shrimp                 14,141      17,702      20,154     22,850
King crab               2,287       1,638       2,965      2,351
Tanner crab             1,924         691       1,240        525
Blue crab                 447         321         241        220
Other crab                 72         206          44        130
European cuttlefish     1,378         991         714        530
Octopus                 8,671       8,318       4,756      6,511
Scallop                     9          45          10         31
Other cuttlefish        2,037       1,989       1,640      1,764
Squid                      36         342          24         68
Abalone                    10          16          35         51
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      32          14          24         12
Sea urchin roe             34          18          57         78
Jellyfish                 419         466         182        360
Seaweed, dried            276         269         252        295
Seaweed, salted             -           -           -          -
Prepared                     
Eel                     2,707       3,567       3,672      7,939
Canned crab                14           3          13          9
Fish meal              21,647      31,299       2,024      2,553
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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