JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 1998
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products     May 1998    May 1997    May 1998    May 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,085         970       1,872      1,886
Others                    772         617         886        836
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            27          32          36         36
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       75          78          62         71
Atlantic salmon         1,629       1,685       1,382      1,341
Yellowfin tuna          2,817       2,858       2,320      2,187
Bluefin tuna              704         920       1,088      1,198
Bigeye tuna             1,795       1,637       1,600      1,458
Southern bluefin tuna     514         401         938        613
Sea bream                 145         137         110        118
Billfish                  110         158          99        133
Frozen                       
Swordfish                  70         N/A          51        N/A
Pacific sockeye           562       1,198         360        772
Pacific coho            4,537       2,702       2,004      1,432
Other Pacific salmon      291         197         155        100
Pink salmon             4,814       5,529       2,066      2,638
Atlantic salmon           187         380         102        213
Other salmon               63         364          29        165
Halibut                   790       1,102         315        494
Albacore tuna              46         103           9         24
Yellowfin tuna          6,796       5,501       2,411      2,225
Skipjack                3,254       2,357         506        318
Bluefin tuna               59          77         134         82
Bigeye tuna            12,130       7,801       7,156      5,819
Herring                 4,049       8,686         781      1,730
Cod                     1,618       4,451         316        890
Mackerel                4,084      19,878         957      4,235
Mero                      623         N/A         308        N/A
Jack mackerel           1,612       6,117         168        722
Sea bream                 279       1,273          79        419
Capelin                 7,387       8,484       1,189      1,472
Billfish                  770         996         222        318
Spanish mackerel          244         274          88         85
Rockfish                1,382       3,490         342      1,050
Sablefish               1,468       2,263       1,517      2,724
Herring roe               131         105          72         90
Pollock roe             7,431       4,626       6,279      4,860
Mero, fillet              589         839         435        737
Swordfish, fillet         101         N/A          51        N/A
Pollock surimi         14,149       5,703       3,420      2,189
Cod Surimi                  -         161           -         43
Threadfin bream         3,354       3,166         628        895
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               991         796       1,558      1,269
Pollock roe               359         183         326        309
Salmon roe                 96         162         163        289
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                575         N/A         425        N/A
Arkshell                1,114         775         425        597
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             203         215         598        865
King crab               1,072       1,295         452        771
Tanner crab             1,933       2,684         625        910
Blue crab                  25          95          43        104
Other crab                331         330         226        338
Oyster                    289         371         151        216
Clam                    1,114       1,319         425        205
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             494         781         981      1,839
Lobster                    33         103          79        320
Shrimp                 18,007      23,113      25,347     29,560
King crab               1,659       1,806       2,514      2,869
Tanner crab             2,248       2,583       1,752      2,008
Blue crab                 363         322         163        217
Other crab                 35          88          38         77
European cuttlefish     2,541       2,223       1,305      1,251
Octopus                 5,228       6,829       3,158      5,321
Scallop                   201          19         156         33
Other cuttlefish        2,437       1,924       1,769      1,611
Squid                      26       1,075          20        328
Abalone                    30          24         140        120
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      45          37          21         44
Sea urchin roe             48          16          64         30
Jellyfish                 501         819         236        415
Seaweed, dried            543         629         426        543
Seaweed, salted             -           -           -          -
Prepared                     
Eel                     6,615       7,383      11,164     17,214
Canned crab                12          37          33         41
Fish meal              46,948      50,507       4,744      4,261
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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