Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, December 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                19    147      72          4,093      194     166
 Albacore tuna            4,696    176      91            333      102     111
 Bigeye tuna              1,279    134     146          1,639       91      82
 Yellowfin                  408    138      79            954       95      75
 Striped Marlin             192     88      69          1,270      155     111
 Swordfish                  619    100     125            916      122      91
 Skipjack tuna              456     12     316            520      149      91
 Sardine                  1,677     36       7             78      130     229
 Jack mackerel           15,154     66     165             97      147      60
 Mackerel - scad          1,322    107      59            165      105     131
 Pacific mackerel        92,306     77     127             66      143      68
 Saury                      739      1      40             70      140      91
 Japanese flying squid    8,230     34     123            186      156      75
 Flying squid                 2     12       4             38       17      14
 Flatfish                 2,802    105     102            474      122      97
 Cod                      6,934    164     105            311      116     108
 Pollock                 13,799     86     107             70      137      77
 Atka mackerel           16,382     88     127             30      111     107
 Rockfish                    86    153     137          1,178      124      60
 Thorney head               116    133      69          3,433      117     101
 Hairtail                   448    118      96            339       67     104
 Flounder                   247    152     116          1,428      113      87
 Sea bream                  823    153     103          1,218      107      87
 Yellowtail               3,253    128      78            877      152     167
 Spanish mackerel           323    158     137            663      109     111
 Tanner crab                294    170     124          2,046       87     117
 Herring                     42     99      80            359       83     126
 Cuttlefish                 296    183     161            344      116      91
 Octopus                  1,096    116     107            377      105      82
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna             1,182    389      63          2,052       81      64
 Albacore tuna            1,050     34     110            308       99      99
 Bigeye                   4,261    122     121            919       90      68
 Yellowfin tuna           2,205    117      80            472      110      80
 Striped marlin             299    134     111            627      113     100
 Swordfish                  362    158     105            749      101     103
 Skipjack tuna            6,886     75      54            217       84     143
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           1,294     42      58            170      116      79
  Coastal                 2,069     73      78            159       92      74
Flying squid             15,382     98     232            173       89      52
Cod                         278     31      52            148       76      56
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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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