JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    July 1998   July 1997   July 1998   July 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              2,717       3,310       5,282      4,771
Others                    803         701       1,050      1,125
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             5          59           6         42
Pacific coho                1           -           1          -
Other Pacific salmon      134          82          90         61
Atlantic salmon         1,442       1,565       1,279      1,173
Yellowfin tuna          2,936       2,503       2,277      1,849
Bluefin tuna              256         261         600        659
Bigeye tuna             2,061       1,573       1,723      1,340
Southern bluefin tuna     925         633       1,626      1,256
Sea bream                 112         136          99        129
Billfish                  115         135          78         99
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  91         N/A          70        N/A
Pacific sockeye         9,061      13,678       7,584      7,506
Pacific coho            1,037       3,328         511      1,500
Other Pacific salmon    1,505       2,317         719      1,528
Pink salmon             2,970       2,870       1,441      1,281
Atlantic salmon           301         582         168        299
Other salmon               23          63          12         25
Halibut                 2,281       1,702         919        764
Albacore tuna              78          72          18         16
Yellowfin tuna          6,689       6,134       2,313      2,570
Skipjack                4,931       4,715         751        604
Bluefin tuna              220         190         371        253
Bigeye tuna            10,801       8,793       6,187      6,169
Herring                 7,660       7,489       1,205      1,162
Cod                       383         116          61         17
Mackerel                1,964      14,155         487      3,331
Mero                      707         N/A         441        N/A
Jack mackerel           2,349       3,133         457        547
Sea bream                  84         507          25        150
Capelin                   765         660         246        222
Billfish                1,005         659         288        180
Spanish mackerel           79         120          37         51
Rockfish                8,195       6,950       2,577      1,864
Sablefish               2,229       1,505       2,165      1,637
Herring roe                44          62          28         36
Pollock roe             3,692       7,999       2,739      6,723
Mero, fillet              969       1,128         815        928
Swordfish, fillet         117         N/A          54        N/A
Pollock surimi          6,369       2,919       1,551        926
Cod Surimi              5,270      12,816       1,017      3,733
Threadfin bream         2,587       3,625         518      1,018
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             2,170       2,622       3,655      3,839
Pollock roe               285         175         343        244
Salmon roe                547         831         805      1,045
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                654         N/A         438        N/A
Arkshell                1,641         620         473        492
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             172         181         586        734
King crab                 942       1,339         475        704
Tanner crab             1,859       1,642         440        534
Blue crab                   1           1           1          1
Other crab                492         326         334        282
Oyster                    122          63          62         31
Clam                    1,086       1,182         206        194
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             350         526         686      1,222
Lobster                   174         351         357        638
Shrimp                 22,080      22,907      31,938     28,811
King crab                 920         735       1,180        947
Tanner crab             7,858       6,879       7,682      6,929
Blue crab                 566         458         254        248
Other crab                 92         186          41        228
European cuttlefish       821         647         530        406
Octopus                 4,172       7,107       2,491      4,490
Scallop                   118          82          97        133
Other cuttlefish        2,873       2,570       2,161      1,851
Squid                     473         580         117        157
Abalone                    50          38         272        199
Salted/dried                 
Squid                       2          14           5         11
Sea urchin roe             57          64          74         92
Jellyfish                 678       1,699         305        698
Seaweed, dried            542         562         422        457
Seaweed, salted           850       1,149          82        128
Prepared                     
Eel                     6,335       5,410      11,168     10,394
Canned crab                16          11          18         13
Fish meal              34,802      24,037       3,741      1,820
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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