Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, July 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             1,532    311      82          1,075       82      86
 Albacore tuna            1,261     16      44            250      109     103
 Bigeye tuna                292     81      68            776      107     114
 Yellowfin                1,418    138     132            396       61      69
 Striped Marlin             322    138     185            343       81      91
 Swordfish                  470    146      76            778       80     112
 Skipjack tuna           22,227    139     263            152      108      88
 Sardine                 30,459     71     585             56      124      54
 Jack mackerel           13,440     64      98            213      103      77
 Mackerel - scad            520     61      55            194      164     213
 Pacific mackerel        12,572     31      89             85      160     120
 Saury                    1,517 10,306      77            839      145     329
 Japanese flying squid    7,300    112      19            183      136     187
 Flying squid                 4     34     155            348      791     297
 Flatfish                   948     74      85            445      110      93
 Cod                        343     26      33            192      234     109
 Pollock                    788     10      90             55       85      87
 Atka mackerel            2,492     24      74            114      193     120
 Rockfish                    84     97      36            476       80      76
 Thorney head               169     99      81          2,472      104     111
 Hairtail                   237     98      48            455      109     133
 Flounder                   101     83      86          1,699      108      96
 Sea bream                  443     83     101          1,325      117     107
 Yellowtail               2,495    100     168            541      107      77
 Spanish mackerel            33     27      16            568       99      81
 Tanner crab                 17     27      72            544       99      51
 Herring                     16      3     137            391      380     124
 Cuttlefish                  15     32     140            440      116      80
 Octopus                    841    122     114            438      109      80
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna             1,322    574     155          2,373       84      69
 Albacore tuna            6,081    411      95            292      107     110
 Bigeye                   2,604    115     130            842       76      79
 Yellowfin tuna           1,073     67     129            557      110      81
 Striped marlin              77    120      47            564       99     123
 Swordfish                  173    130     110            716       97      94
 Skipjack tuna           20,241    221     152            173       94     117
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water          12,444     57     174            173      112      69
  Coastal                 4,115    852      33            167      120     127
Flying squid              3,888    717     105            333      118     117
Cod                       1,610    268     223            223      106      90
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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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