JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     May 2002   May 2001     May 2002    May 2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult              2,040      1,862        2,424       1,531
Others                    701        778          817         955
Fresh:
Pacific sockeye            15          9           19          15
Pacific coho                -          -            -           -
Other Pacific salmon      107        133           72          85
Atlantic salmon         2,271      2,375        1,528       1,471
Yellowfin tuna          2,940      3,304        2,091       2,297
Bluefin tuna              315        539          656         793
Bigeye tuna             1,636      1,688        1,340       1,385
Southern bluefin tuna     355        453          947       1,137
Sea bream                  55        103           23          55
Billfish                  132        142          108         103
Frozen:
Swordfish                 130        131          124         121
Pacific sockeye           720         17          188          11
Pacific coho            3,056      2,989          631       1,093
Other Pacific salmon      460        953          205         483
Pink salmon             6,866      6,943        1,601       2,904
Atlantic salmon           559        779          161         312
Other salmon              126        402           25         153
Halibut                 1,909      2,399          755         896
Albacore tuna              99         96           25          25
Yellowfin tuna          9,057      7,173        2,386       2,248
Skipjack                5,647      4,411          530         444
Bluefin tuna                -        179            -         353
Bigeye tuna            13,161     13,062        7,797       8,554
Herring                 3,645      4,694          637         803
Cod                       959        863          258         277
Mackerel                3,362      4,040          528         509
Mero                      398      1,360          270         826
Jack mackerel           1,864      3,062          255         352
Sea bream                 163        386           41          79
Capelin                 4,664     15,272          888       2,502
Billfish                  483        609          131         147
Spanish mackerel           83         81           32          24
Rockfish                1,293        825          365         232
Sablefish               2,079      1,642        2,224       1,694
Herring roe               120          7           67           5
Pollock roe             7,567     14,242       10,744      24,862
Mero, fillet              274        522          309         521
Swordfish, fillet         141         62           82          32
Pollock surimi          5,900     15,210        1,495       3,026
Cod surimi                  -        361            -          66
Threadfin bream surimi  7,592      5,107        1,531         888
Salted/dried:
Herring roe             1,094      1,133        1,666       1,737
Pollock roe               223        145          371         275
Salmon roe                110         88          211         214
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin              1,260      1,430          643         802
Arkshell                  705        728          318         446
Spiny lobster             183        223          687         670
King crab                 760        587          579         360
Tanner crab             3,582      3,838        1,180       1,001
Blue crab                   1         12            2          18
Korean crab               259          -          182           -
Other crab                 56        383           55         292
Oyster                  1,103      1,313          570         656
Clam                    1,170      1,345          206         351
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             567        733        1,437       1,719
Lobster                    14         26           34          58
Shrimp                 19,072     17,841       20,224      20,253
King crab                 224        281          325         467
Tanner crab             2,604      1,388        2,759       1,385
Blue crab                 141        246           64         151
Korean crab                 7          -            6           -
Other crab                 57        258           19         128
European cuttlefish     1,170        901          492         407
Octopus                13,885      5,097        7,893       2,243
Scallop                    28         50           39          61
Other cuttlefish        1,973      2,203        1,277       1,431
Squid                     111         52           51           9
Abalone                     6         28           31         140
Salted/dried:
Squid                     236        239          160         148
Sea urchin roe             11         32           15          94
Jellyfish                 699        628          339         276
Seaweed, dried            765        736          430         416
Seaweed, salted         1,980      2,311          208         230
Prepared:
Eel                     8,254      7,903        8,921       7,624
Canned crab                57         66          149         150
Fish meal              35,597     28,615        2,882       1,996
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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