JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, AUGUST 2002
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                         Metric tons             Million yen      
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Fishery Products     Aug. 2002  Aug. 2001    Aug. 2002  Aug. 2001
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Live:                               
Eel, adult               1,534      1,128        1,215        841
Others                     938        748        1,069      1,010
Fresh:                 
Pacific sockeye              9          5            7          3
Pacific coho                 -          -            -          -
Other Pacific salmon       126        432           80         93
Atlantic salmon          2,331      2,405        1,566      1,476
Yellowfin tuna           2,496      3,132        1,969      2,235
Bluefin tuna               240        266          593        740
Bigeye tuna              1,969      1,899        1,640      1,605
Southern bluefin tuna      310        473          802      1,219
Sea bream                   82         45           34         26
Billfish                   119        103           86         78
Frozen:                               
Swordfish                  175        181          148        155
Pacific sockeye         15,763     10,992        8,388      5,787
Pacific coho             1,135      1,145          327        328
Other Pacific salmon     3,735      3,791        1,253        795
Pink salmon              4,934      2,632        1,814        940
Atlantic salmon            535        496          227        147
Other salmon                26         29            6          7
Halibut                  4,401      2,087        1,782        763
Albacore tuna              237        424           53        131
Yellowfin tuna           7,245      5,065        1,920      1,315
Skipjack                 4,848      4,209          384        386
Bluefin tuna                46        168           96        335
Bigeye tuna              9,771      8,570        5,803      5,049
Herring                  3,091        932          257        102
Cod                      1,033        233          277         71
Mackerel                 1,760        685          320        128
Mero                     1,742        763        1,736        493
Jack mackerel            1,803      2,572          394        556
Sea bream                  172        318           36         83
Capelin                  8,078      1,187        1,587        336
Billfish                   411        504          111        127
Spanish mackerel            32         23           13          5
Rockfish                11,696     14,522        2,723      3,703
Sablefish                1,511      1,259        1,616      1,234
Herring roe                  9         40           11         22
Pollock roe              1,182      1,577        1,442      2,541
Mero, fillet               252        395          338        375
Swordfish, fillet           94         79           49         53
Pollock surimi           8,550      7,002        2,081      1,334
Cod surimi                 914      1,053          216        187
Threadfin bream surimi   4,508      4,082          938        712
Salted/dried:
Herring roe                902        718        1,409      1,051
Pollock roe                194        129          345        269
Salmon roe               1,018      1,044        1,398      1,325
Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin                 644        694          525        588
Arkshell                   400        461          278        284
Spiny lobster              122        126          478        466
King crab                2,089      2,420        1,290      1,052
Tanner crab              1,723      1,903          504        432
Blue crab                    1          7            2          9
Korean crab                402          -          332          -
Other crab                  59        622           33        379
Oyster                     336         89          157         52
Clam                       903                     202
Frozen:
Spiny lobster              400        350          861        711
Lobster                    257        230          573        482
Shrimp                  25,250     25,335       26,154     28,197
King crab                  481        793          661        850
Tanner crab              4,861      2,887        4,759      2,720
Blue crab                  243        245          113        143
Korean crab                 11          -            8          -
Other crab                  33         63           17         50
European cuttlefish        575      1,219          312        532
Octopus                  2,649      1,865        1,293        682
Scallop                     53         50           54         51
Other cuttlefish         2,238      2,821        1,293      1,707
Squid                    3,514        120          675         37
Abalone                     24         26          120        106
Salted/dried:
Squid                       42        148           19         90
Sea urchin roe              24         34           30         53
Jellyfish                  926        945          303        368
Seaweed, dried             618        615          335        320
Seaweed, salted            351      1,192           35         89
Prepared:
Eel                      1,804      4,948        1,971      4,538
Canned crab                603        772        1,300      2,077
Fish meal               74,074     80,947        5,743      5,608
                                                              
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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