JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Jan. 1997   Jan. 1996   Jan. 1997   Jan. 1996
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Live:
Eel, adult                840        620      1,528        974
Others                    372        435        438        395
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -          -          -          -
Pacific coho                -          -          -          -
Other Pacific salmon      148        178        108        110
Atlantic salmon         1,590      1,580      1,308      1,169
Yellowfin tuna          3,131      3,020      2,224      2,190
Bluefin tuna              186        144        665        496
Bigeye tuna             2,316      2,294      1,728      1,761
Southern bluefin tuna     468        306        639        284
Sea bream                 171        153        181        196
Billfish                  211        168        170        133
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         1,024      5,324        636      2,200
Pacific coho            5,983      2,645      3,885      1,049
Other Pacific salmon      219        265        138        115
Pink salmon             5,497      3,316      2,832      1,421
Atlantic salmon           778        997        441        527
Other salmon              895        449        467        202
Halibut                 1,589      2,492         43      1,126
Albacore tuna              47        219         11         47
Yellowfin tuna          5,520      4,846      1,708      1,411
Skipjack                8,725      6,192      1,125        665
Bluefin tuna                -         16          -         13
Bigeye tuna             8,032      7,946      6,674      5,901
Herring                 6,690      5,747        758        613
Cod                       312      1,190         68        218
Mackerel               16,327     24,718      3,322      2,817
Jack mackerel          14,115      9,120      1,926      1,021
Sea bream                 555        378        194        107
Capelin                   847        132        306         55
Billfish                  410      1,466        148        604
Spanish mackerel          454        403        237        214
Rockfish                1,430      3,008        476        822
Sablefish                 587        774        588        677
Herring roe             1,005        332      1,191        314
Pollock roe             2,372      1,198      2,308      1,229
Mero                    1,513        947      1,460        718
Pollock surimi          5,109      3,020      1,388        576
Cod Surimi                  -        241          -         47
Threadfin bream         2,323      2,930        627        737
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               283        153        252        117
Pollock roe               331        260        407        317
Salmon roe                395        249        764        717
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  816        794        607        531
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             187        231        705        670
King crab               1,058        510      1,043        483
Tanner crab               341        351        183        351
Blue crab                 203        462        268        498
Other crab                 71         42         82         45
Oyster                    871      1,253        879      1,126
Clam                    2,471      3,116        537        581
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster           1,081        679      2,358      1,341
Lobster                    57         82        122        166
Shrimp                 24,820     24,728     29,672     27,582
King crab               4,021      2,096      6,468      2,444
Tanner crab             1,190      1,095      1,235      1,329
Blue crab                 642        440        362        213
Other crab                163        137        251        125
European cuttlefish       626        965        364        426
Octopus                 4,309      4,731      2,948      2,608
Scallop                    57         61         82         44
Other cuttlefish        2,435      2,426      1,785      1,793
Squid                     290        546         96        139
Abalone                    15         37         87        141
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      63        123         53        108
Sea urchin roe             20         44         89        126
Jellyfish                 493      1,139        383        566
Seaweed, dried            267        338        269        296
Seaweed, salted             -        416          -         41
Prepared                     
Eel                     5,344      3,213     11,661      6,487
Canned crab                22          -        112          -
Fish meal              10,670     29,950        802      2,084
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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