Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, January 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                18     68     496          4,161      168      78
 Albacore tuna            3,670     71     121            304      101     112
 Bigeye tuna                470     54     115          1,389       70      77
 Yellowfin                  402     78     234          1,049       83      91
 Striped Marlin             119     42      57          1,087       95     133
 Swordfish                  486     98      91            962       96     115
 Skipjack tuna               65     45      43            500       87     117
 Sardine                 39,096    167     427             31       91      44
 Jack mackerel            7,794     85      80            212      130     115
 Mackerel - scad          3,199    143     225            169      134     122
 Pacific mackerel        45,645     63     114             91       94      87
 Saury                       85      5     208            137      178     108
 Japanese flying squid    2,122     32      98            275      111      72
 Flying squid                 8     16      10             82       29      16
 Flatfish                 2,136     77     129            473       97      94
 Cod                      6,674    101     115            235       81      79
 Pollock                 15,484    120     140            126      138     140
 Atka mackerel           12,620     98      69             36      129     171
 Rockfish                    60     95     137            924       47     107
 Thorney head               110     65      94          3,770      110     109
 Hairtail                   761    163     108            347      106      82
 Flounder                   149     70     108          1,908      116     107
 Sea bream                  555     70     210          1,294       93     103
 Yellowtail               2,280     55      84            650      124     150
 Spanish mackerel           256    108      24            545       91     100
 Tanner crab                154     65     131          1,514       87      79
 Herring                    144    272     204            387      135     128
 Cuttlefish                 241    131     177            406      107     112
 Octopus                    571     56      77            427       93     117
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna             2,370    126      95          2,974       93      91
 Albacore tuna              567     59     109            254       82     119
 Bigeye                   2,439     69      89            916       67      75
 Yellowfin tuna           1,450     53     124            545       93      93
 Striped marlin              87     32      58            440       70      89
 Swordfish                  220     64     104            713       98     128
 Skipjack tuna           14,448    114     117            158      104     110
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           1,293     58   1,210            219      101     194
  Coastal                   676     25     207            270      125     101
Flying squid              6,853    103     262            244       73      77
Cod                         996    185     104            199       76      75
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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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