JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, DECEMBER 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Dec. 1997   Dec. 1996   Dec. 1997   Dec. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,017         941       1,446      1,632
Others                    570         449         662        667
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -           
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon      138         188         105        129
Atlantic salmon         2,305       1,990       1,812      1,590
Yellowfin tuna          3,680       3,871       3,133      2,946
Bluefin tuna              512         291       1,798      1,122
Bigeye tuna             2,646       2,756       2,433      2,405
Southern bluefin tuna      81         322         108        485
Sea Bream                 187         228         206        291
Billfish                  238         393         224        324
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye           946       1,644         592      1,024
Pacific coho              632       1,072         291        651
Other Pacific salmon      484         424         199        236
Pink salmon             4,400       4,605       1,982      2,415
Atlantic salmon         1,206         991         724        537
Other salmon                -         589           -        327
Halibut                   662       1,513         252        713
Albacore tuna             228         290          50         75
Yellowfin tuna          4,580       7,857       1,648      3,120
Skipjack                7,113       5,726       1,055        762
Bluefin tuna              161          54         248         74
Bigeye tuna             7,511       9,000       4,912      7,911
Herring                 4,671       9,657         481        861
Cod                     1,860       1,677         337        347
Mackerel               52,968      12,149      12,395      2,510
Jack mackerel          12,001       4,946       1,479        589
Sea bream                 474         957         198        365
Capelin                   706         713         275        260
Billfish                  954       1,806         379        889
Spanish mackerel          673         613         391        348
Rockfish                3,474       2,125         919        689
Sablefish                 865         937         994      1,069
Herring roe               592         701         316        886
Pollock roe             2,170       4,220       2,033      3,806
Mero                      658       1,441         577      1,335
Pollock surimi          4,015       4,563       1,354      1,205
Cod Surimi                320          86         102         20
Threadfin bream         4,141       3,080       1,107        807
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               395         295         483        313
Pollock roe               322         339         462        476
Salmon roe                184         154         401        366
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  860         955         564        687
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             390         366       1,167      1,265
King crab               2,437       2,113       1,865      1,738
Tanner crab             1,852       1,609       1,014        943
Blue crab                 369         647         602        756
Other crab                606         300         663        356
Oyster                  1,152       1,320       1,087      1,490
Clam                    4,207       4,530         798        837
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             556         388       1,088        755
Lobster                    47          44         117         73
Shrimp                 20,930      22,213      32,603     27,893
King crab               2,392       3,798       3,401      6,463
Tanner crab             1,183       1,300         874      1,356
Blue crab                 784       1,464         414        726
Other crab                324         343         526        437
European cuttlefish       726         903         535        385
Octopus                 2,508       2,446       1,429      1,424
Scallop                    37          32          26         19
Other cuttlefish        2,884       2,616       2,303      1,988
Squid                     222         340          53        117
Abalone                    64          74         322        334
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      44          72          27         70
Sea urchin roe             95          93         367        358
Jellyfish                 786         635         299        424
Seaweed, dried            515         392         445        334
Seaweed, salted             -         240           -         21
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,052       3,885       4,984      8,279
Canned crab                19          61          51        230
Fish meal              17,915      28,392       1,614      2,039
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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