Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, August 1997
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                              Landings                     Exvessel Prices      
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                     Metric Tons    A       B          Yen/kg       A       B
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna               468     31     132          1,535      143     106
 Albacore tuna              931     74     187            455      182     142
 Bigeye tuna                901    308     140          1,529      197     103
 Yellowfin                  826     58      70            837      211     171
 Striped Marlin             394    122     117            441      129     120
 Swordfish                  272     58      81            939      121     106
 Skipjack tuna           14,009     63     266            180      118      65
 Sardine                 28,667     94     439             54       96      59
 Jack mackerel           10,676     79     115            206       97      98
 Mackerel - scad            845    163     113            199      103     173
 Pacific mackerel        27,788    221     148             60       71     107
 Saury                   40,948  2,700     115            158       19     105
 Japanese flying squid    8,876    122      31            229      125     199
 Flying squid                 9    257       2            122       35     226
 Flatfish                   701     74      60            605      136     110
 Cod                        432    126      83            177       92     119
 Pollock                  2,671    339      82             48       87     104
 Atka mackerel            2,518    101      80             79       69     114
 Rockfish                    50     60      51          1,069      225     121
 Thorney head               212    126      90          2,475      100     104
 Hairtail                   265    112      39            478      105     115
 Flounder                    88     87     101          1,761      104     110
 Sea bream                  526    119     109          1,076       81      94
 Yellowtail               2,080     83     104            662      122     158
 Spanish mackerel            54    164      31            499       88     103
 Tanner crab                  2      9       4            511       94      56
 Herring                     10     62     131            140       36      29
 Cuttlefish                  22    145     335            148       34      33
 Octopus                    508     60      95            423       97      86
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               304     23      38          2,869      121      89
 Albacore tuna            4,393     72     106            405      139     142
 Bigeye                   1,607     62      56            768       91      74
 Yellowfin tuna           1,254    117      69            442       79      70
 Striped marlin             114    147      55            563      100     119
 Swordfish                  218    126      73            777      109      90
 Skipjack tuna           16,159     80     165            170       98     116
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           6,827     55      81            197      114      80
  Coastal                 9,037    220     107            186      111     121
Flying squid              3,053     79      54            357      107     120
Cod                         638     40      47            133       60      41
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A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

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

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