JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products   Sept. 2002  Sept. 2001  Sept. 2002  Sept. 2001
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,277         590         955         439
Others                    856         767       1,063         951
Fresh:
Pacific sockeye             2           1           2           0
Pacific coho                -           -           -           -
Other Pacific salmon       74         105          46          59
Atlantic salmon         1,931       2,108       1,304       1,235
Yellowfin tuna          2,236       2,712       1,639       1,925
Bluefin tuna              577         474       1,510       1,240
Bigeye tuna             1,621       1,579       1,249       1,309
Southern bluefin tuna     177         206         466         549
Sea bream                  58         100          38          58
Billfish                  105          89          80          64
Frozen:                               
Swordfish                 129         145          99         118
Pacific sockeye         9,667       9,379       5,405       4,690
Pacific coho            1,496       1,355         523         400
Other Pacific salmon    1,958       1,856         586         383
Pink salmon             4,465       2,740       1,645         840
Atlantic salmon           483         428         197         102
Other salmon                -          21           -           4
Halibut                 3,854       1,358       1,523         492
Albacore tuna             117         983          25         296
Yellowfin tuna          8,620       3,903       2,366       1,213
Skipjack                6,168       2,817         571         230
Bluefin tuna              127          84         193         139
Bigeye tuna            10,582       8,207       5,991       4,547
Herring                 1,790         108         146          12
Cod                       778       1,434         213         431
Mackerel                  916         783         184         110
Mero                      708         755         643         441
Jack mackerel           2,293       1,942         446         363
Sea bream                 391         289          94          78
Capelin                 1,862       1,647         415         323
Billfish                  761         419         148         124
Spanish mackerel           29          31           7           6
Rockfish                6,466       7,537       1,483       1,930
Sablefish               1,051       1,292       1,172       1,250
Herring roe               158         119         123          77
Pollock roe             1,100       1,705       1,254       2,261
Mero, fillet              206         413         245         384
Swordfish, fillet          77          68          42          43
Pollock surimi         19,652      16,490       5,042       3,180
Cod surimi              1,245         355         293          70
Threadfin bream surimi  4,105       3,622         871         633
Salted/dried:
Herring roe               871         461       1,112         767
Pollock roe               169         186         316         337
Salmon roe                929         856         858         845
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin                552         539         430         373
Arkshell                  436         460         248         224
Spiny lobster             101         109         381         405
King crab               1,657       2,418       1,280       1,211
Tanner crab             1,503       1,695         426         367
Blue crab                  40          70          42          77
Korean crab               309           -         312           -
Other crab                 87         519          88         367
Oyster                    501         366         279         269
Clam                    1,016       1,186         195         268
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             320         293         655         553
Lobster                    91          58         214         172
Shrimp                 20,545      18,549      22,622      19,649
King crab                 707         804       1,160         919
Tanner crab             3,143       2,227       3,277       2,261
Blue crab                 383         359         154         149
Korean crab                26           -          18           -
Other crab                 37          55          50          19
European cuttlefish       816         785         369         408
Octopus                 5,717       7,247       3,793       3,591
Scallop                    27          68          26          74
Other cuttlefish        1,922       2,199       1,206       1,364
Squid                   1,316          85         225          21
Abalone                    16          21          59          59
Salted/dried:
Squid                      38         129          25          81
Sea urchin roe             31          10          53          21
Jellyfish                 794         711         253         247
Seaweed, dried            614         563         322         300
Seaweed, salted           551         464          63          37
Prepared:
Eel                       946       1,948         902       1,804
Canned crab             1,099         904       2,329       2,190
Fish meal              53,289      52,806       4,141       3,723
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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