JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     Apr.2002   Apr.2001     Apr.2002    Apr.2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult              1,908      1,674        1,789       1,412
Others                    723        725          826         888
Fresh: 
Pacific sockeye             -          -            -           -
Pacific coho                -          -            -           -
Other Pacific salmon      104        155           62          99
Atlantic salmon         2,318      2,820        1,473       1,764
Yellowfin tuna          3,194      3,238        2,292       2,294
Bluefin tuna              428        528          890       1,252
Bigeye tuna             1,781      1,888        1,429       1,449
Southern bluefin tuna     267        321          737         844
Sea bream                  91        111           43          73
Billfish                  170        185          135         132
Frozen:
Swordfish                 103        115           90          98
Pacific sockeye           899        161          387         100
Pacific coho            7,473      8,910        1,629       3,467
Other Pacific salmon      509        546          303         249
Pink salmon             8,610     11,551        2,023       4,570
Atlantic salmon           672        946          178         368
Other salmon                -        291            -         118
Halibut                 1,059      2,490          434         919
Albacore tuna              86         61           22          15
Yellowfin tuna          7,816      8,716        2,201       2,505
Skipjack                5,093      4,674          395         454
Bluefin tuna              193         66          481         161
Bigeye tuna            13,019     12,838        7,756       9,182
Herring                 1,591      2,938          236         474
Cod                     3,506      3,913        1,048       1,188
Mackerel                6,336     12,120          929       1,507
Mero                      742        789          548         473
Jack mackerel           3,565      5,816          346         707
Sea bream                 754        198          166          47
Capelin                 2,042      2,383          507         469
Billfish                  434        636          111         163
Spanish mackerel          134         68           65          26
Rockfish                  936        637          301         173
Sablefish                 552        426          612         458
Herring roe               133        208          115         134
Pollock roe             9,252      9,047       13,894      17,760
Mero, fillet              433        322          472         312
Swordfish, fillet          72        140           39          82
Pollock surimi         28,816     15,209        7,135       2,791
Cod surimi                197        515           40          95
Threadfin bream surimi  6,782      4,203        1,341         740
Salted/dried:
Herring roe               290        453          405         568
Pollock roe               196        148          339         303
Salmon roe                 81         94          180         193
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin              1,194      1,052          735         676
Arkshell                  638        704          331         400
Spiny lobster             200        245          734         696
King crab                 211        439          156         219
Tanner crab             2,712      2,460          819         801
Blue crab                   1         30            2          47
Korean crab               168                     133            
Other crab                138        279           95         212
Oyster                  1,487      2,384          768       1,218
Clam                    1,458      1,296          309         322
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             817        804        1,977       1,750
Lobster                     3         44            7         101
Shrimp                 19,034     17,811       20,071      22,153
King crab                 154        419          209         656
Tanner crab             1,519      1,351        1,700       1,555
Blue crab                 218        208           99         108
Korean crab                 1                       1            
Other crab                  7         27            8           8
European cuttlefish     1,998      1,059          797         530
Octopus                15,379      3,068        8,939       1,342
Scallop                    42         29           32          32
Other cuttlefish        2,116      2,334        1,347       1,575
Squid                      11        772            6         124
Abalone                    41         18          215          61
Salted/dried:
Squid                     202        196          132         126
Sea urchin roe             12          7           33          23
Jellyfish                 629        476          381         303
Seaweed, dried            777        686          459         381
Seaweed, salted         4,799      5,102          573         501
Prepared:
Eel                     8,596      7,712        8,794       7,610
Canned crab                82         22          228          84
Fish meal              31,772     31,727        2,687       2,191
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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