WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
February 17-26, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 105-108 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for February 17-26, 2004.

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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
02/23       8 fish     Greece                                2,800
02/19       2 fish     Italy                     7,000-6,750-6,500
02/24      27 fish     Mexico                    3,000-2,520-2,300
02/26      91 fish     Spain                     4,500-2,792-2,000
02/26      18 fish     Tunisia                   4,500-3,009-2,000
02/24      10 fish     Turkey                    3,000-2,520-2,300

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
02/24       6 fish     Australia                 3,000-1,980-1,300
02/24       8 fish     Bali                      2,000-1,217-  800
02/17      11 fish     Fiji                      1,700-  845-  500
02/23      15 fish     Guam                      2,000-1,187-  400
02/24       5 fish     Jakarta                                 900
02/17      12 fish     Maldive                   2,000-1,189-  700
02/24       9 fish     New Caledonia             2,000-1,556-1,000
02/19       5 fish     New Zealand               4,800-2,450-1,000
02/19       2 fish     Palau                                 2,500
02/21      11 fish     Puket                     1,400-  933-  800
02/24       8 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,000-  800-  700
02/26      42 fish     Taiwan                    2,000-1,082-  700
02/24      17 fish     Viet Nam                  1,300-1,167-1,000

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
02/23       5 fish     Australia                             1,500
02/26       6 fish     Taiwan                    1,300-  967-  700
02/19       3 fish     Viet Nam                  1,500-1,233-  900

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
02/24    419 trays   Canada                       1,800-  800/tray*
02/24    587 trays   China                        1,600-  300/tray*
02/24    108 trays   Chile                        2,000-1,600/tray*
02/24  1,172 trays   U.S.A.***                    4,500-1,200/tray*
02/24      Japan (white)                        16,000-2,300/tray**
02/24      Japan (red)                          14,000-6,000/tray**
            *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
           **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
           *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
 Japan     Frozen    No.1  Small                              3,000
                           Medium                             4,000
                     No.2  Small                              1,800
                           Medium                             2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
 Canada (box-pack)            Medium                          4,000
                              Small                           3,800
 Bristol Bay (pail-pack)     Large                            2,000
 San Francisco /
      Canada (pail-pack)     Medium                     3,800-3,500
                              Small                           3,200

HERRING ROE ON KELP
           Alaska                                       3,500-3,300

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
 Sockeye salmon sujiko, Kenai, Standard grade
                     No.1                               2,300-2,200
                     No.2                               1,900-1,800
                     No.3                               1,500-1,400
 Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                     No.1                               2,300-2,200
                     No.2                               1,900-1,800
                     No.3                               1,500-1,400

 Pink salmon sujiko, SE & PWS
                     No.1                               1,700-1,500
                     No.2                               1,400-1,200
                     No.3                               1,100-  900
 Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                     No.1                               3,800-3,700
                     No.2                               3,400-3,300
                     No.3                               3,000-2,900

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
      Japan, Hokkaido & Sanriku                         3,400-3,200
      North America, SE                                 2,300-2,200
      North America, CA                                 2,100-2,000

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
      Russian roe                                       2,500-2,200

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
      Japan, Hokkaido                                   3,000-2,800

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                                     420-400
           4-6 lbs/fish                                     430-400
           6-9 lbs/fish                                     430-410
 Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
           2-4 lbs/fish                                     440-430
           4-6 lbs/fish                                     450-440
           6-9 lbs/fish                                     460-450
 Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Europe
           1.8-2.7 kg/fish                                  470-460
           2.7-3.6 kg/fish                                  480-470
 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, 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)                                7,000-6,500
           Ezo:  Over 300 gm                                  9,500
                About 200 gm                            8,500-8,000
                 150- 200 gm                            8,000-7,000
                 100- 150 gm                            7,000-6,000
           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-  500

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
 Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                         1,400-1,350
 Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                            1,350-1,250
                4-5 lbs/fish                            1,250-1,200
                3-4 lbs/fish                            1,160-1,130
                2-3 lbs/fish                            1,080-1,000
                1-2 lbs/fish                              950-  900

 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                                         3,500-1,000
          U.S.A.                                        1,400-  800
          China                                                    

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             1,500-400
                        Medium                              500-300

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