WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
December 19-26, 2003
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 107-108 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for December 19-26, 2003.
  
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  Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
  Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
  (Month/date)
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  BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
  12/25       6 fish     Croatia                   2,600-2,450-2,200
  12/25      31 fish     Greece                    4,800-2,920-1,800
  12/25       6 fish     Italy                     3,300-3,010-2,700
  12/25       2 fish     Malta                     3,000-2,850-2,700
  12/25      83 fish     Mexico                    2,900-2,139-1,800
  12/25       3 fish     New Zealand              10,000-6,600-3,200
  12/25      67 fish     Spain                     3,800-2,794-2,000
  12/25       9 fish     Turkey                    2,400-2,178-2,000
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  12/24      18 fish     Australia                 6,500-2,369-1,300
  12/25      11 fish     Bali                      2,000-1,169-  800
  12/25       8 fish     Hawaii                    3,600-2,880-2,000
  12/25      12 fish     Guam                      1,300-1,100-1,000
  12/24      16 fish     Indonesia                 2,200-1,200-1,000
  12/25      21 fish     Jakarta                   2,500-1,255-  400
  12/25      34 fish     Maldive                   2,400-1,440-  800
  12/25       6 fish     New Zealand               4,000-3,383-2,000
  12/25      56 fish     Ponape                    2,500-1,480-  500
  12/25      31 fish     Puket                     1,000-  800-  700
  12/24      32 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,000-  780-  650
  12/25      25 fish     Taiwan                    1,700-1,217-1,000
  12/24       3 fish     Viet Nam                  1,800-1,333-1,000
  
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 12/19       2 fish     New Zealand               1,400-1,200-1,000
 12/25       2 fish     Palau                     1,500-1,400-1,300
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 12/26    288 trays   Canada                       2,000-  500/tray*
 12/26    109 trays   Chile                        2,200-1,500/tray*
 12/26  2,039 trays   China                        2,500-  700/tray*
 12/26    676 trays   Korea, North                 2,600-  200/tray*
 12/26  1,981 trays   U.S.A.***                    9,000-1,500/tray*
 12/26      Japan (white)                        20,000-5,000/tray**
 12/26      Japan (red)                           8,000-1,800/tray**
 
             *(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
            **(tray=150-450 grams in net weight)
            *** excluding Alaska
 
 ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
  Japan     Frozen    Grade 1  Small                           3,000
                               Medium                          4,000
                      Grade 2  Small                           1,800
                               Medium                          2,500
 
 HERRING ROE, salted
       Canada         Large                              5,000-4,800
                      Medium                             4,500-4,300
                      Small                              4,000-3,700
  Bristol Bay         Large                              3,500-3,200
  San Francisco       Large                                         
                      Medium                             3,400-3,000
                      Small                              3,300-3,000
 
 HERRING ROE ON KELP
            Alaska                                       3,500-3,300
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
  Sockeye salmon sujiko, Kenai
                      Grade 1                            3,000-2,800
                      Grade 2                            2,600-2,400
                      Grade 3                            2,200-2,000
  Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                      Grade 1                            2,300-2,200
                      Grade 2                            1,900-1,800
                      Grade 3                            1,500-1,400
 
  Pink salmon sujiko, SE & PWS
                      Grade 1                            1,700-1,500
                      Grade 2                            1,400-1,200
                      Grade 3                            1,100-  900
  Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                      Grade 1                            3,800-3,600
                      Grade 2                            3,400-3,200
                      Grade 3                            3,000-2,800
  Salmon-trout sujiko, Finland                                      
                      Grade 1                                  3,300
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
       Japan, Hokkaido & Sanriku                         3,400-3,200
       North America, SE                                 2,500-2,400
       North America, CA                                 2,100-2,000
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
       Russian roe                                       2,600-2,300
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
       Japan, Hokkaido                                   3,000-2,500
 
 SALMON
  Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     500-480
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     530-520
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     540-520
  Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Cook Inlet                          
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     580-550
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     620-580
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     620-580
  Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     460-450
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     470-460
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     450-440
  Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
            2-4 lbs/fish                                     460-450
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     460-450
            6-9 lbs/fish                                     480-470
  Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
            1.8-2.7 kg/fish                                  480-460
            2.7-3.6 kg/fish                                  490-470
  Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
            3-4 kg/fish                                      520-480
            4-5 kg/fish                                      560-500
            5-6 kg/fish                                      600-550
  Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
            4-5 kg/fish                                      850-750
  Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Scotland
            4-5 kg/fish                                      850-750
  Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
            5-6 kg/fish                                      850-750
  King salmon, frozen, farm, New Zealand
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     600-550
            6-11 lbs/fish                                    600-550
  King salmon, frozen, farm, Canada                                 
            4-6 lbs/fish                                     600-550
            6-11 lbs/fish                                    600-550
 
 ABALONE, live
  Japan     Kuro (Kyushu)                                           
            Ezo:  Over 300 gm                                 10,000
                 About 200 gm                            9,000-8,500
                  150- 200 gm                            8,500-8,000
                  100- 150 gm                            8,000-7,000
            Tokobushi                                    3,000-2,500
  Australia                                              6,000-5,500
  South Africa                                           6,000-5,500
  Taiwan    Tokobushi                                    2,500-2,000
 
 SARDINE, fresh, large
  Japan                                                  1,500-1,000
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
  Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                         1,450-1,380
  Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                            1,400-1,320
                 4-5 lbs/fish                            1,280-1,250
                 3-4 lbs/fish                            1,250-1,180
                 2-3 lbs/fish                            1,130-1,120
                 1-2 lbs/fish                            1,000-  980
 
  SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
       cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Alaska
       5 L                                               2,450-2,100
       4 L                                               2,200-1,800
 
 ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
       L (800-600 grams/fish)                                500-480
       M (600-400 grams/fish)                                    480
       S (400-200 grams/fish)                                    480
 
 ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
       L (800-600 grams/fish)                                240-230
       M (600-400 grams/fish)                                    240
       S (400-200 grams/fish)                                       
 
 SURIMI, frozen
           Ship-processed, SA                                    450
           Ship-processed, FA                                    400
           Land-processed                                        320
 
 FLOUNDER, fresh
           Japan                                         4,000-2,000
           U.S.A.                                        2,000-1,500
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                           1,600-1,200
                         Medium                                  600
 
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