JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, FEBRUARY 2002
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                        Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products   Feb. 2002    Feb. 2001  Feb. 2002    Feb. 2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult              1,379       1,478      1,144        1,250
Others                    512         562        606          619
Fresh:
Pacific sockeye             -           -          -            -
Pacific coho                -           -          -            -
Other Pacific salmon       82          83         49           55
Atlantic salmon         2,208       2,337      1,244        1,397
Yellowfin tuna          2,053       2,693      1,522        1,764
Bluefin tuna              585         829      1,885        1,968
Bigeye tuna             1,733       1,719      1,228        1,232
Southern bluefin tuna      15           9         11           18
Sea bream                  58          87         57           81
Billfish                   81          93         57           59
Frozen:                               
Swordfish                  67          52         53           40
Pacific sockeye         1,941       1,342        915          622
Pacific coho           13,975      16,591      3,269        5,537
Other Pacific salmon      656         409        153          180
Pink salmon             4,503       6,822      1,105        2,346
Atlantic salmon           298         498         97          203
Other salmon               44          93          9           42
Halibut                 2,589       2,322        968          769
Albacore tuna              99         146         32           47
Yellowfin tuna         11,060       8,177      2,675        1,900
Skipjack                5,519       4,533        392          348
Bluefin tuna              991         209      2,530          501
Bigeye tuna            12,021       8,415      6,723        5,454
Herring                 3,577       3,948        395          375
Cod                     3,572       1,259      1,130          401
Mackerel                2,925       5,090        519          626
Mero                      940         722        672          436
Jack mackerel           5,241       4,713        559          497
Sea bream                 770         118        172           35
Capelin                 1,015         765        340          222
Billfish                  353         246        104           74
Spanish mackerel           89         145         41           71
Rockfish                  633         538        190          132
Sablefish                 232         469        252          506
Herring roe                18         230         16          155
Pollock roe               621         429        755          529
Mero, fillet              791         351        869          362
Swordfish, fillet          30          46         18           22
Pollock surimi          2,252       4,111        447          791
Cod surimi                272         368         50           65
Threadfin bream surimi  3,971       4,719        749          845
Salted/dried:
Herring roe                59          21         53           16
Pollock roe               146         100        285          182
Salmon roe                472         344      1,166          822
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin                932         502        505          401
Arkshell                  458         567        246          370
Spiny lobster             145         162        519          476
King crab                 816         462        473          284
Tanner crab             2,472       1,569        748          717
Blue crab                  17          75         29           90
Korean crab               147           -        165            -
Other crab                115         171         64          136
Oyster                  1,122       1,076        648          662
Clam                    3,625       3,849        718          950
Frozen:
Spiny lobster             500         670        985        1,390
Lobster                    16          37         37           84
Shrimp                 14,344      14,732     15,555       18,760
King crab                 569       1,093        848        1,927
Tanner crab             1,179         478      1,257          521
Blue crab                 403         311        192          147
Korean crab                 -           -          -            -
Other crab                 23          66          7           56
European cuttlefish       430       1,460        232          592
Octopus                 2,417      14,006      1,204        5,710
Scallop                    85           5         60            6
Other cuttlefish        1,844       1,886      1,309        1,204
Squid                      52           -         22            -
Abalone                    18          19         56           66
Salted/dried:
Squid                      52          33         33           26
Sea urchin roe             15          18         67           55
Jellyfish                 959         509        361          227
Seaweed, dried            468         409        303          261
Seaweed, salted         1,601       1,616        169          148
Prepared:
Eel                     7,478       3,431      7,220        3,668
Canned crab               209          26        495          103
Fish meal                  29          11      2,262          695
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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