JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Jan. 1998   Jan. 1997   Jan. 1998   Jan. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult                979         840       1,320      1,528
Others                    524         372         542        438
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       94         148          72        108
Atlantic salmon         1,648       1,590       1,289      1,308
Yellowfin tuna          3,046       3,131       2,328      2,224
Bluefin tuna              265         186         878        665
Bigeye tuna             2,241       2,136       1,919      1,728
Southern bluefin tuna     232         468         259        639
Sea bream                 150         171         173        181
Billfish                  159         211         139        170
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         1,321       1,024         798        636
Pacific coho            5,947       5,983       2,487      3,885
Other Pacific salmon      324         219         129        138
Pink salmon             6,584       5,497       2,538      2,832
Atlantic salmon         1,270         778         738        441
Other salmon                -         895           -        467
Halibut                 1,215       1,589         493        734
Albacore tuna             155          47          35         11
Yellowfin tuna          4,252       5,520       1,701      1,708
Skipjack                7,192       8,725       1,111      1,125
Bluefin tuna               35           -          39          -
Bigeye tuna             9,023       8,032       5,799      6,674
Herring                 6,578       6,690         674        758
Cod                     2,134         312         355         68
Mackerel               23,795      16,327       5,371      3,322
Jack mackerel          12,135      14,115       1,395      1,926
Sea bream                 566         555         229        194
Capelin                   525         847         220        306
Billfish                  554         410         170        148
Spanish mackerel          574         454         288        237
Rockfish                1,721       1,430         483        476
Sablefish               1,093         587       1,208        588
Herring roe               589       1,005         364      1,191
Pollock roe               462       2,372         345      2,308
Mero                    1,026       1,513         844      1,460
Pollock surimi          1,884       5,109         551      1,388
Cod Surimi                  -           -           -          -
Threadfin bream         2,926       2,323         752        627
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               216         283         124        252
Pollock roe               183         331         261        407
Salmon roe                181         395         442        764
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  647         816         364        607
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             166         187         553        705
King crab                 863       1,058         665      1,043
Tanner crab               857         341         427        183
Blue crab                 131         203         233        263
Other crab                101          71         112         82
Oyster                    898         871         662        879
Clam                    2,268       2,471         447        537
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             895       1,081       1,881      2,358
Lobster                    33          57          63        122
Shrimp                 19,152      24,820      27,281     29,672
King crab               1,763       4,021       2,215      6,468
Tanner crab               988       1,190         866      1,235
Blue crab                 673         642         382        362
Other crab                207         163         209        251
European cuttlefish       744         626         412        364
Octopus                 2,479       4,309       1,448      2,948
Scallop                     9          57          12         82
Other cuttlefish        2,854       2,435       2,172      1,735
Squid                     117         290          50         96
Abalone                    23          15          72         87
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      64          63          45         53
Sea urchin roe             46          20         186         89
Jellyfish                 533         493         244        383
Seaweed, dried            357         267         340        269
Seaweed, salted             -           -           -          -
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,046       5,344       4,589     11,661
Canned crab                16          22          22        112
Fish meal              19,189      10,670       1,783        802
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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