JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, NOVEMBER 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Nov. 1997   Nov. 1996   Nov. 1997   Nov. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult                738         536       1,017        901
Others                    428         473         578        661
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       94         145          70        102
Atlantic salmon         1,698       1,562       1,308      1,236
Yellowfin tuna          2,215       2,699       1,810      2,062
Bluefin tuna              508         352       1,267        977
Bigeye tuna             1,636       2,012       1,471      1,892
Southern bluefin tuna     149         182         265        390
Sea bream                 187         176         198        201
Billfish                  188         198         164        180
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         3,123       4,190       1,946      2,660
Pacific coho              586       1,276         260        627
Other Pacific salmon      678         884         281        416
Pink salmon             3,936       3,848       1,677      2,029
Atlantic salmon         1,240       1,244         699        676
Other salmon                -         424           -        232
Halibut                   797       1,311         310        687
Albacore tuna              99         201          23         59
Yellowfin tuna          4,145       6,774       1,511      2,686
Skipjack               10,283       3,465       1,521        470
Bluefin tuna              651         513         802        700
Bigeye tuna             4,703       7,941       3,136      6,895
Herring                 1,350       3,890         136        392
Cod                     2,844       4,369         460      1,020
Mackerel                8,526      11,794       2,047      2,377
Jack mackerel           7,465       4,105       1,006        637
Sea bream                 423         922         159        283
Capelin                   465         937         177        306
Billfish                  716       2,471         299      1,245
Spanish mackerel          481         580         314        290
Rockfish                3,115       2,834         889        656
Sablefish               1,306       1,610       1,535      1,889
Herring roe               910       1,748         425      1,926
Pollock roe               281         383         209        335
Mero                      779         566         561        501
Pollock surimi         11,652      26,285       3,723      6,727
Cod Surimi                228           -          57          -
Threadfin bream         3,461       2,943         950        737
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               632         799         859      1,370
Pollock roe               255         151         413        235
Salmon roe                169         231         270        294
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  698         767         429        539
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             182         215         624        749
King crab               2,032       2,514       1,401      1,625
Tanner crab             1,715       1,628         772        719
Blue crab                 274         495         338        454
Other crab                827         230         844        367
Oyster                    551         813         576        933
Clam                    2,967       4,088         547        636
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             416         482         799        861
Lobster                    52          67         107        137
Shrimp                 23,392      28,065      35,733     36,043
King crab               4,365       5,358       6,679      8,493
Tanner crab             2,391       1,972       1,906      1,795
Blue crab               1,387       2,878         712      1,452
Other crab                 58          89          70         98
European cuttlefish     1,898         977         881        506
Octopus                 7,484      10,831       4,811      8,440
Scallop                    23          26          19         25
Other cuttlefish        3,271       2,578       2,550      1,883
Squid                     602         961         132        214
Abalone                    47          62         279        293
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      38          35          28         39
Sea urchin roe             29          49         171        242
Jellyfish               1,108         596         422        367
Seaweed, dried            434         314         385        247
Seaweed, salted             -         102           -         14
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,298       3,316       5,975      7,141
Canned crab                44          52         173         94
Fish meal              28,754      31,074       2,464      2,340
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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