JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     Jan.2002    Jan.2001    Jan.2002    Jan.2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult              1,574       1,616       1,285       1,372
Others                    583         547         705         612
Fresh:       
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -           -
Pacific coho                -           -           -           -
Other Pacific salmon      144          78          85          51
Atlantic salmon         2,268       2,369       1,250       1,429
Yellowfin tuna          2,703       3,200       1,974       2,175
Bluefin tuna              640         590       2,300       2,291
Bigeye tuna             2,116       1,860       1,587       1,383
Southern bluefin tuna      22          13          17          13
Sea bream                  66          80          62          75
Billfish                  150         142          99          92
Frozen:                               
Swordfish                  68          78          58          59
Pacific sockeye         1,854         813         846         390
Pacific coho           21,141      17,269       4,809       5,862
Other Pacific salmon      669         284         220         129
Pink salmon             9,606       8,792       2,389       3,024
Atlantic salmon           518         915         151         359
Other salmon                -          69           -          35
Halibut                 3,319       2,401       1,189         841
Albacore tuna             127         103          32          26
Yellowfin tuna          7,063       6,850       2,116       2,083
Skipjack                4,600       2,703         411         191
Bluefin tuna              474         118       1,155         329

Bigeye tuna             8,962       6,422       5,177      4,305
Herring                 5,829       5,604         606        418
Cod                     3,015       2,849         960        924
Mackerel                7,267      27,795       1,261      3,545
Mero                      982         897         671        519
Jack mackerel          10,783      11,847       1,223      1,304
Sea bream                 152         114          28         26
Capelin                 1,309       1,121         451        292
Billfish                  764         372         213        106
Spanish mackerel          196         147          95         61
Rockfish                  624       2,252         192        526
Sablefish                 448         564         488        592
Herring roe                97          81          78         45
Pollock roe               892         480       1,210        685
Mero, fillet              597         797         575        874
Swordfish, fillet          76          34          42         19
Pollock surimi          2,134       4,474         428        915
Cod surimi                 87         511          14         89
Threadfin bream surimi  5,835       5,335       1,100        943
Salted/dried:
Herring roe                99          65          83         31
Pollock roe               164         138         305        251
Salmon roe                404         326       1,015        788
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin                603         571         448        458
Arkshell                  621         527         314        387
Spiny lobster             157         179         509        501
King crab               1,824       2,025         942        938
Tanner crab             1,902       1,318         638        613
Blue crab                  52         175          71        219
Korean crab               108           -         124          -
Other crab                136         172          62        159
Oyster                    940       1,589         685      1,193
Clam                    2,067       21,500         439         547
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             356          452         685         749
Lobster                    49           58         145         122
Shrimp                 19,990       17,420      20,746      22,070
King crab               1,601        1,964       2,454       3,312
Tanner crab               825          762         856         797
Blue crab                 372          565         201         304
Korean crab                21            -          16           -
Other crab                 70           48          26          15
European cuttlefish       607          943         280         417
Octopus                 2,813        1,081       1,454       3,747
Scallop                    30           10          24          10
Other cuttlefish        1,873        2,234       1,273       1,347
Squid                      15            -           6           -
Abalone                    11           33          34          56
Salted/dried:
Squid                     121           83          65          56
Sea urchin roe             43           16         169          68
Jellyfish                 460          341         191         175
Seaweed, dried            601          509         338         303
Seaweed, salted           417          676          44          67
Prepared:
Eel                     6,114        6,241       5,533       7,040
Canned crab               210            3         475           4
Fish meal              37,370       29,742       2,811       1,728
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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