WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
September 8-17, 2004
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 109-110 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for September 8-17, 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
  09/17       6 fish     Boston                    5,800-4,517-3,000
  09/16       5 fish     Canada                    6,400-4,700-3,200
  09/14       1 fish     Ireland                               3,300
  09/16       5 fish     Italy                     5,000-4,500-3,000
  09/17       7 fish     Malta                     4,600-3,640-3,000
  09/17      56 fish     Mexico                    3,100-2,382-2,200
  09/17      14 fish     Spain                     4,300-3,492-2,600
  09/17      11 fish     Turkey                    3,600-3,233-3,000
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  09/16       6 fish     Australia                             1,000
  09/17      14 fish     Bali                      1,800-1,620-1,500
  09/14       9 fish     Fiji                      2,000-1,200-  900
  09/14       6 fish     Guam                      1,300-1,140-  800
  09/17       8 fish     Indonesia                 1,500-1,244-1,000
  09/17       8 fish     Jakarta                   1,200-1,025-  900
  09/10       7 fish     Maldive                   1,600-1,450-1,300
  09/10      16 fish     Marshall Is.              2,500-1,108-  600
  09/16      20 fish     New Caledonia             1,800-1,150-1,000
  09/16       6 fish     New Zealand               2,200-1,500-1,000
  09/14       4 fish     Palau                     2,000-1,633-1,300
  09/16       7 fish     Papua New Guinea                      1,200
  09/10       7 fish     Puket                       800-  767-  700
  09/17      13 fish     Taiwan                    2,000-1,361-  900
 
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 09/17      15 fish     Australia                 2,000-1,447-1,200
 09/14       1 fish     Taiwan                                1,100
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 09/14        84 trays   Alaska                          2,300/tray*
 09/10       108 trays   Chile                     1,500-1,250/tray*
 09/17       644 trays   China                     4,000-1,800/tray*
 09/17     1,051 trays   U.S.A.***                 4,500-2,000/tray*
 09/17          Japan (white)                    14,000-2,000/tray**
 09/17          Japan (red)                      12,000-2,000/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
                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
      Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                         No.1                            1,900-1,800
                         No.2                            1,600-1,500
                         No.3                            1,300-1,200
      Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                         No.1                            3,700-3,600
                         No.2                            3,300-3,200
                         No.3                            2,900-2,800
 
 SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
           Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000
           North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,550
           North America, PWS, No.1                      2,300-2,200
 
 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                                 480-470
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 540-520
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 600-580
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 640-620
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 660-640
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
                2-4 lbs/fish                                        
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-600
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 670-650
      Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Southeast
                2-4 lbs/fish                                        
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 850-800
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 850-800
 
      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                                 440-430
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 500-480
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 510-490
      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, frozen, dressed, Chile
                3-4 kg/fish                                  520-480
                4-5 kg/fish                                  520-480
 
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
                3-4 kg/fish                                  900-800
      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)                           10,000-9,500
                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                                               1,200- 500
 
 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                                         4,500-2,500
           China                                                    
           Korea, North                                             
           U.S.A.                                         1,800- 900
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                             1,200-250
                         Medium                              700-300
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