WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
August 26-September 7, 2004
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 109-110 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for August 26-September 7, 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
  09/07       3 fish     Boston                    4,500-4,100-3,800
  09/06       7 fish     Canada                    4,800-4,200-3,500
  09/06      13 fish     Italy                     4,200-3,336-3,000
  09/06      24 fish     Mexico                    2,700-2,376-2,200
  09/06       5 fish     Spain                     3,300-3,120-3,000
  09/07       3 fish     Turkey                    3,300-3,100-3,000
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  09/06      15 fish     Australia                 2,000-1,475-1,000
  09/06      26 fish     Bali                      1,400-1,067-  800
  08/31      10 fish     Fiji                      2,000-1,157-  400
  09/07       9 fish     Guam                      1,100-  913-  800
  09/07       7 fish     Indonesia                 2,300-1,420-1,000
  09/07      43 fish     Jakarta                   2,000-1,004-  500
  09/02       4 fish     Maldive                   2,200-1,867-1,600
  09/06      33 fish     Marshall Is.              1,700-1,013-  700
  09/01       4 fish     New Caledonia             2,000-1,650-1,300
  09/06      15 fish     New Zealand               2,300-1,786-1,000
  09/07      11 fish     Palau                     2,000-1,246-  500
  09/06       4 fish     Philippines               2,000-1,725-1,200
  08/30      20 fish     Puket                     1,200-  779-  800
  09/04       5 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,300-1,075-1,000
  09/01       3 fish     Taiwan                    1,400-1,200-1,000
 
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 09/03       7 fish     Australia                 2,200-1,760-1,000
 08/27       1 fish     Fiji                                  1,300
 08/26       3 fish     New Caledonia                         1,300
 09/06       1 fish      New Zealand                           1,000
 09/04       1 fish      Puket                                 1,100
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 09/07       320 trays   Chile                     1,300-  550/tray*
 09/07       715 trays   China                     4,100-1,400/tray*
 09/07       715 trays   U.S.A.***                 3,700-  800/tray*
 09/07          Japan (white)                    11,500-1,300/tray**
 09/07          Japan (red)                      24,000-1,300/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
                Canada                                   3,500-2,800
                Alaska                                   3,000-2,000
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
      Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                         No.1                            2,200-2,000
                         No.2                            1,900-1,700
                         No.3                            1,600-1,400
      Chum salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                         No.1                            2,200-1,800
                         No.2                            1,900-1,500
                         No.3                            1,600-1,200
      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                               3,200-3,000
           North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,550
           North America, PWS, No.1                      2,250-2,200
 
 SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
           Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000
 
 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                                 520-490
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 520-490
 
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Kodiak
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 500-480
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 520-500
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 520-500
 
 
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 580-530
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 600-550
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 600-550
 
      Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 410-400
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 440-430
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 440-430
      Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 430-420
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 490-480
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 500-490
      Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
                1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              510-500
                2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              540-530
      Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
                4-5 kg/fish                                  580-550
                5-6 kg/fish                                  620-580
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
                4-5 kg/fish                                  850-750
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
                5-6 kg/fish                                  850-750
 
 ABALONE, live
      Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                            8,500-8,000
                Kuro (Kyushu)                            7,500-7,000
                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                                               1,800- 900
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
      Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,300
      Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,200-1,150
                     4-5 lbs/fish                        1,150-1,100
                     3-4 lbs/fish                        1,050-  950
                     2-3 lbs/fish                          930-  880
                     1-2 lbs/fish                          830-  780
 
      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)                            400-330
           M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-330
           S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-330
 
 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                                         5,000-2,500
           China                                                    
           Korea, North                                             
           U.S.A.                                        1,800-1,300
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                             1,000-800
                         Medium                              800-500
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