JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MARCH 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     Mar.2002   Mar.2001     Mar.2002    Mar.2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult              1,717      1,573        1,440       1,328
Others                    699        616          830         766
Fresh:           
Pacific sockeye             -          -            -           -
Pacific coho                -          -            -           -
Other Pacific salmon      138        123           82          78
Atlantic salmon         2,756      2,838        1,675       1,762
Yellowfin tuna          3,344      3,269        2,383       2,203
Bluefin tuna              596      1,028        1,404       1,831
Bigeye tuna             1,979      1,956        1,594       1,460
Southern bluefin tuna     125         94          290         237
Sea bream                 104        120           62         104
Billfish                  155        159          116         102
Frozen:                               
Swordfish                 108         77           86          63
Pacific sockeye         1,503      1,688          586         952
Pacific coho           14,274     19,906        3,263       7,077
Other Pacific salmon      460        300          123         133
Pink salmon             8,285     10,196        2,040       3,813
Atlantic salmon           577        721          164         273
Other salmon                -         34            -           7
Halibut                 1,455      2,621          546         934
Albacore tuna             154        151           37          43
Yellowfin tuna          7,766      6,941        2,181       2,037
Skipjack                3,785      5,364          331         429
Bluefin tuna              780        707        2,267       1,857
Bigeye tuna            11,234     11,105        6,471       7,912
Herring                 3,024      4,619          383         511
Cod                     3,314      6,024          989       1,899
Mackerel                5,890     12,592          955       1,523
Mero                      321        712          236         388
Jack mackerel           3,453      6,563          372         781
Sea bream                 157        376           31          75
Capelin                   589        804          217         265
Billfish                  849        620          170         156
Spanish mackerel          126         96           53          41
Rockfish                  618        554          202         163
Sablefish                 122        417          123         449
Herring roe               186        350          162         225
Pollock roe             4,181      1,768        6,261       3,029
Mero, fillet              311        635          330         646
Swordfish, fillet          29         66           15          36
Pollock surimi         16,140     15,846        3,723       2,909
Cod surimi                190        438           41          79
Threadfin bream surimi  4,917      5,057          954         901
Salted/dried:
Herring roe               106        155          221         224
Pollock roe               121        111          228         220
Salmon roe                 97         40          216          92
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin              1,271        421          649         392
Arkshell                  581        720          293         429
Spiny lobster             195        233          695         664
King crab               1,528        716          816         496
Tanner crab             3,335      1,523          952         585
Blue crab                   6         53           13          81
Korean crab               145          -          144           -
Other crab                146        303           81         198
Oyster                  1,023      1,969          519       1,061
Clam                    1,299      1,212          270         294
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             490        540        1,101       1,131
Lobster                    43         30           81          62
Shrimp                 12,730     15,880       12,827      18,895
King crab                 551        799        1,013       1,393
Tanner crab             1,136        774        1,192         858
Blue crab                 400        387          152         233
Korean crab                 -          -            -           -
Other crab                 71         40           64          26
European cuttlefish     1,828      1,938          687         747
Octopus                10,704     12,241        5,946       5,107
Scallop                    28          -           36           -
Other cuttlefish        1,672      2,354        1,117       1,443
Squid                      18          -            6           -
Abalone                     5         33           31          97
Salted/dried:
Squid                      78        173           50         106
Sea urchin roe             11          6           45          24
Jellyfish                 860        799          370         375
Seaweed, dried            644        651          406         399
Seaweed, salted         6,280      6,111          744         682
Prepared: 
Eel                     5,835      6,269        5,787       6,431
Canned crab               149         26          438          56
Fish meal              24,771     34,755        1,941       2,171
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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