AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT 49 LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
NOVEMBER 2002
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                           Sales Volume                   Exvessel Prices       
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                     Metric Tons   A(%)               Yen/kg      A(%)     
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                  8      160                 2,194       81 
 Albacore tuna             1,752      110                   382       94   
 Bigeye tuna               1,007       90                 1,205       90   
 Yellowfin tuna              209       77                   869      104
 Striped Marlin              156       93                   737      100 
 Swordfish                   497      107                   778       92 
 Skipjack tuna               537       21                   410       94
 Japanese sardine          3,098       85                   215      234 
 Anchovy                   7,544       97                    35       74 
 Jack mackerel             7,225       82                   179      115 
 Pacific mackerel         28,552       53                   129      193
 Saury                    23,188       55                    96      163        
 Yellowtail                3,781       51                   399      175
 Flatfish                  1,856       95                   547      113
 Cod                       1,842       80                   542      140 
 Pollock                  11,432      123                    93       89   
 Atka mackerel            11,138       93                    36      106
 Japanese flying squid    22,220       98                   180      175
Frozen:                  
 Bluefin tuna                795    1,262                 1,904      103   
 Albacore tuna             1,111      245                   262       53 
 Bigeye tuna               1,539       85                   738      105
 Yellowfin tuna              776       91                   544      133
 Skipjack tuna            21,858      128                   115       93
 Japanese flying                
  squid:                        
  Distant water              646       15                   301      284
  Coastal                  7,341       56                   240      174
 Flying squid              2,425       79                    52       37
 Octopus                     955      146                   413       89
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A = Comparison with the same period a year earlier.  - = No landings.

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

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