AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND LANDING VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN, MAY AND JANUARY-MAY, 2019 MAY MAY JAN.- MAY JAN.-MAY Metric tons Yen/kg Metric tons Yen/kg Bluefin tuna, fresh 426 1,688 1,736 1,678 Bluefin tuna, frozen 215 1,928 1,340 1,800 Albacore tuna, fresh 2,833 419 9,467 465 Albacore tuna, frozen 261 407 1,711 447 Bigeye tuna, fresh 214 917 1,194 1,318 Bigeye tuna, frozen 1,858 917 8,455 971 Yellowfin tuna, fresh 892 731 3,047 1,060 Yellowfin tuna, frozen 1,919 490 14,735 419 Striped marlin, fresh 117 432 584 653 Striped marlin, frozen 3 854 80 716 Swordfish, fresh 297 948 1,255 1,133 Swordfish, frozen 42 753 344 879 Skipjack tuna, fresh 4,718 339 9,525 378 Skipjack tuna, frozen 22,734 151 83,501 178 Japanese sardine 45,706 32 186,735 42 Round herring 3,179 70 11,778 70 Anchovy 3,000 64 10,778 55 Jack mackerel 10,390 194 36,265 195 Mackerel-scad 391 104 3,429 100 Pacific mackerel 35,092 78 235,905 100 Saury 7 412 20 357 Cod, fresh 2,631 170 18,312 198 Alaska pollock, fresh 14,324 57 38,909 76 Alaska pollock, frozen 0 0 0 0 Atka mackerel 914 114 2,796 100 Japanese flying squid, fresh 220 384 1,621 538 Japanese flying squid, Coastal wa 0 0 852 694 Japanese flying squid, Distant wa 0 0 0 0 Flying squid, fresh 0 0 5 244 Flying squid, frozen 0 0 34 529 Yellowtail 3,135 194 18,333 299 Flounder, fresh 1,337 211 5,791 240 Red sea-bream 470 660 1,914 766 Snow crab 190 1,195 343 1,246 Octopus 468 523 1,624 590 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ - ... zero Contact: Sunee C. Sonu (Sunee.Sonu@noaa.gov) Data Source: Japan Fisheries Agency