JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 1998
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                          Metric tons            Million yen     
                   ----------------------  ----------------------
Fishery Products    June 1998   June 1997   June 1998   June 1997
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Live:
Eel, adult              1,315       1,501       2,206      2,518
Others                    775         666         965        949
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            13          35          17         31
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       96          61          80         51
Atlantic salmon         1,314       1,603       1,219      1,216
Yellowfin tuna          2,625       2,632       2,074      1,966
Bluefin tuna              551         439         810        652
Bigeye tuna             1,617       1,554       1,502      1,344
Southern bluefin tuna     597         418       1,195        725
Sea bream                 131         149          94        123
Billfish                  119         136          96        116
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  80         N/A          61        N/A
Pacific sockeye           782       4,082         587      2,213
Pacific coho            3,348       2,203       1,472      1,024
Other Pacific salmon      577         648         264        294
Pink salmon             3,810       3,093       1,685      1,453
Atlantic salmon           178         530         106        273
Other salmon               49         146          19         67
Halibut                 2,624       2,915       1,069      1,313
Albacore tuna              80          79          17         19
Yellowfin tuna          8,062       3,481       2,789      2,160
Skipjack                5,824       5,803         878        749
Bluefin tuna              102           1          83          1
Bigeye tuna            11,611       8,114       6,791      6,096
Herring                14,208      18,980       2,613      3,305
Cod                       256       1,997          37        456
Mackerel                1,806      12,450         412      2,775
Mero                      760         N/A         371        N/A
Jack mackerel           2,245       6,288         470        737
Sea bream                 218         838          62        279
Capelin                 1,299       1,110         319        298
Billfish                1,014         831         313        261
Spanish mackerel          109         132          44         43
Rockfish                1,696       2,508         573        636
Sablefish               1,795       2,313       1,849      2,626
Herring roe                75         186          38        130
Pollock roe             6,895       5,628       5,521      5,456
Mero, fillet              750       1,666         622      1,363
Swordfish, fillet          91         N/A          41        N/A
Pollock surimi          4,614       3,120       1,129        934
Cod Surimi                299       1,643          53        471
Threadfin bream         2,831       3,519         545        941

-----------------------------------------------------------------
                          Metric tons            Million yen     
                   ----------------------  ----------------------
Fishery Products    June 1998   June 1997   June 1998   June 1997
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,320       1,294       2,208      2,151
Pollock roe               296         350         372        544
Salmon roe                122         259         219        435
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                855         N/A         625        N/A
Arkshell                2,781         739         498        474
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             195         192         595        762
King crab                 855       1,497         339        790
Tanner crab             2,431       2,247         772        716
Blue crab                  11          36          18         44
Other crab                250         198         177        186
Oyster                    101         321          52        162
Clam                    1,366       1,386         242        228
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             431         595         779      1,310
Lobster                   155          92         281        184
Shrimp                 20,529      24,286      28,879     29,852
King crab                 804       1,313       1,210      1,924
Tanner crab             4,592       5,497       4,730      5,371
Blue crab                 369         400         150        215
Other crab                123         128         114        155
European cuttlefish       976         892         681        491
Octopus                 4,031       2,973       2,557      1,785
Scallop                   398          54         319        103
Other cuttlefish        2,269       2,571       1,804      1,934
Squid                     911         881         125        250
Abalone                    30          47         176        257
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      22           4          13          9
Sea urchin roe             73          18         107         44
Jellyfish                 706       1,546         289        620
Seaweed, dried            569         538         405        440
Seaweed, salted           803       2,139          96        268
Prepared                     
Eel                     5,387       6,217       9,656     13,236
Canned crab                 2           4           4         14
Fish meal              24,634      25,159       2,663      1,927
----------------------------------------------------------------

N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Fishery Imports
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Japanese Market News
blueball.gif (924 bytes) Southwest Region Home Page