JAPANESE COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS, FEBRUARY 28, 1999
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Fishery Products             Metric tons        Comparison (%)
                                                  A         B
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Total, Fishery Products        1,316,828          98        93
Fresh                              1,000         111       125
Frozen                         1,187,319          98        93
Salted                            62,614          97        83
Processed                         65,895         103        93
Frozen:                                 
 Tuna, total                      61,074         100        99
 Albacore tuna                     8,733          90        84
 Bigeye tuna                      15,237         104        95
 Yellowfin tuna                   21,789         102       126
 Other tuna                       15,315          99        87
 Billfish                          6,997          97       120
 Skipjack                         36,697          86       157
 Salmon 1/                        63,981          98        91
 Pink salmon                      25,009          90       200
 Herring                          29,721          93       129
 Sardine/anchovy                  82,514         131       194
 Sardine                          47,404         133       171
 Jack mackerel                    49,602          93        84
 Pacific mackerel                122,397          96        85
 Saury                            32,979          91        58
 Flatfish                         32,106          94        83
 Cod                              11,535         103        53
 Pollock                           6,828          94       175
 Sea bream                         6,814          92        71
 Sand lance                          730         103        74
 Other finfish                   243,472          97        93
 Clam                             22,919          95        81
 Shrimp                           74,921          99       106
 Squid & cuttlefish, total       108,100          93        66
 Squid, common                    52,242          87        54
 Cuttlefish                       15,079         114       105
 Other squid                      40,779          96        77
 Octopus                          39,305         147       136
 Other shellfish                  40,854          95        95
 Pollock surimi                   45,364          92        88
 Other surimi                     42,612          92        85
Salted:                                 
 Salmon 1/                        10,682          97        73
 Pink salmon                       1,970         106        96
 Pollock roe                      15,502         100       100
 Salmon roe                        5,201          92        97
 Herring roe                       3,907          94        67
 Other                            25,352          96        80

1/ Excluding pink salmon.
   A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
   B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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