AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT 49 LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
OCTOBER 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                 81      476                 1,922      109 
 Albacore tuna               376       42                   525       87   
 Bigeye tuna               1,160      150                 1,177       65   
 Yellowfin tuna              373      108                   669       84
 Striped Marlin              221       67                   614      119
 Swordfish                   395       62                   801      107 
 Skipjack tuna             3,741       63                   469      111
 Japanese sardine          4,738      259                   151       86 
 Anchovy                  22,132      259                    24       53 
 Jack mackerel            17,509      226                   122       53 
 Pacific mackerel         37,011      116                    75       96
 Saury                    84,090       97                   114      139        
 Yellowtail                4,104       56                   295      141
 Flatfish                  1,464       82                   532      107
 Cod                       1,223       47                   434      142 
 Pollock                  10,136       93                    60       97   
 Atka mackerel            14,103      122                    30       86
 Japanese flying squid    23,558       81                   176      205
Frozen:                  
 Bluefin tuna                763      113                 1,677       74   
 Albacore tuna             4,510      114                   297       53 
 Bigeye tuna                 780      109                   700       96
 Yellowfin tuna              405       56                   420       92
 Skipjack tuna             7,947      116                   188      106
 Japanese flying                
  squid:                        
  Distant water              104        1                   229      222
  Coastal                 11,062       63                   215      167
 Flying squid              5,243      125                    93       64
 Octopus                     682      123                   311       90
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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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