JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
AUGUST 2011
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Fishery Products     Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                845                 2,252
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,948                 1,327
 Yellowfin tuna            990                   802
 Bigeye tuna             1,146                 1,031
 Bluefin tuna              219                   520
 Spanish mackerel          300                   149
 Other fish                133                   173

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         7,888                 4,208
 Pacific coho              414                   194
 Other pacific salmon      882                   320
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  1,647                   955
 Halibut                 2,572                 1,655
 Other flatfish          2,864                   569
 Yellowfin tuna          3,798                 1,404
 Skipjack                2,177                   316
 Bigeye tuna             6,638                 5,473
 Bluefin tuna               47                   108
 Herring                 1,519                   154
 Cod                       984                   319
 Sardine                 1,025                    81
 Mackerel                  761                   216
 Jack mackerel           1,106                   179
 Capelin                 1,936                   489
 Globefish                 161                    45
 Rockfish                6,012                 2,323
 Sablefish                 974                 1,468
 Other fish              4,942                 1,249
 Herring roe                45                    11
 Pollock roe             1,288                   903
 Other fish roe            804                   573
 IQ fish fillet          5,780                 2,080
 Tuna, fillet            2,197                 2,308
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      761                 1,990
 Other fish, fillet      6,603                 3,237
 Pollock surimi          9,620                 2,031
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,258                   801
 Other minced fish       9,121                 3,106
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               731                   657
 Salmon, fillet             88                   115
 Other fish                359                   424
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                545                   339

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 201                   183
 Tanner crab               210                   109
 Oyster                     79                    37
 Clam                      207                    44
 Sea urchin roe            125                   460
 Baby clam                 706                   170
 Fresh water calm          250                    37
 Others                    118                   117

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             197                   417
 Shrimp                 20,214                17,475
 King crab                 269                   516
 Tanner crab             3,174                 3,879
 European cuttlefish       244                   235
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,953                 1,644
 Octopus                 1,692                 1,094
 Cuttlefish              1,240                   921
 Squid                   5,960                 1,461
 Sea urchin roe            361                   861
 Baby clam                 134                    40
 Others                    556                   933
SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                 56                    95
 Squid                     151                   166
 Jellyfish                 754                   236

SEAWEED:
 Dried                   1,050                   707
 Salted                    378                    71
 Fresh/frozen              667                   129
 Others                    291                    96
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,555                 1,184
 Sardine, dried juvenile    59                    69
 Eal                       681                 1,632
 Other fish              8,157                 3,528
 Pollock roe               583                   740
 Salmon roe, ikura         130                   330
 Crab                    1,121                 1,796
 Shrimp, salted          2,468                 2,837
 Shrimp, other           3,918                 2,595
 Squid                   4,840                 2,214
 Other molluscs          3,837                 1,736
 Fish meal              32,935                 4,033
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12/09/13


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