JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     June 2002  June 2001    June 2002  June 2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult               1,835      1,722        2,071      1,334
Others                     697        775          842        982
Fresh:
Pacific sockeye             12         13           12         12
Pacific coho                 -          -            -          -
Other Pacific salmon       129        108           80         71
Atlantic salmon          2,039      2,103        1,365      1,270
Yellowfin tuna           2,467      2,559        1,732      1,690
Bluefin tuna               244        291          574        492
Bigeye tuna              1,419      1,524        1,023      1,041
Southern bluefin tuna      406        549          964      1,249
Sea bream                   21         49           13         27
Billfish                   107         94           80         69
Frozen: 
Swordfish                  166        153          139        121
Pacific sockeye          1,972      1,104        1,005      1,048
Pacific coho             2,424      2,703          500        894
Other Pacific salmon     1,570      1,440          526        603
Pink salmon              4,826      4,824        1,323      1,892
Atlantic salmon            257        598           85        220
Other salmon               120        219           22         82
Halibut                  3,168      3,170        1,345      1,202
Albacore tuna              116        152           26         40
Yellowfin tuna          10,418      6,921        2,886      1,891
Skipjack                 7,994      4,692          706        404
Bluefin tuna                62        102          164        159
Bigeye tuna             14,283      9,704        8,244      5,970
Herring                 11,051     14,548        1,921      2,541
Cod                        325        793           90        253
Mackerel                 2,179      1,295          342        187
Mero                       533        943          465        605
Jack mackerel            2,530      2,885          467        462
Sea bream                  187        184           50         38
Capelin                  3,212      6,376          686      1,066
Billfish                   639        580          172        160
Spanish mackerel           134        147           41         44
Rockfish                 2,248        538          647        141
Sablefish                1,982      2,105        2,068      2,122
Herring roe                 94         59           38         28
Pollock roe              3,679      5,629        4,740      9,271
Mero, fillet               356        175          396        183
Swordfish, fillet          120         61           64         38
Pollock surimi           1,371     10,663          342      2,030
Cod surimi                 401        181           87         33
Threadfin bream surimi   6,043      4,534        1,198        780
Salted/dried:
Herring roe              1,573      2,016        2,705      3,524
Pollock roe                186        226          305        365
Salmon roe                 143        156          271        302
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin               1,017        927          635        506
Arkshell                   557        592          227        271
Spiny lobster              151        193          567        613
King crab                  439      1,162          344        680
Tanner crab              3,094      2,929        1,052        750
Blue crab                    -          1            -          1
Korean crab                259          -          205          -
Other crab                  38        339           39        205
Oyster                     252      1,298          120        704
Clam                       690        778          128        186
Frozen:
Spiny lobster              481        409        1,093        928
Lobster                    128        156          259        310
Shrimp                  19,795     20,441       20,698     22,181
King crab                  241        596          397        878
Tanner crab              5,132      5,212        5,256      5,254
Blue crab                  154        283           69        154
Korean crab                  -          -            -          -
Other crab                  46         67           23         67
European cuttlefish        405        446          260        259
Octopus                  4,753      2,821        2,392      1,076
Scallop                    162         61          189         69
Other cuttlefish         2,087      2,092        1,313      1,406
Squid                    1,641         33          322         12
Abalone                     38         23          194        127
Salted/dried:
Squid                      229        249          151        146
Sea urchin roe              14         26           27         72
Jellyfish                  699        719          309        289
Seaweed, dried             647        653          371        343
Seaweed, salted            882      1,012           92         88
Prepared:
Eel                      7,606      9,243        9,473      8,433
Canned crab                114         39          290        117
Fish meal               34,042     34,517        2,747      2,230
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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