JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products     May 1997    May 1996   May 1997    May 1996
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Live:
Eel, adult                970        804      1,886      1,596
Others                    617        555        836        801
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            32         40         36         51
Pacific coho                -          -          -          -
Other Pacific salmon       78        150         71        102
Atlantic salmon         1,685      1,652      1,341      1,269
Yellowfin tuna          2,858      3,436      2,187      2,554
Bluefin tuna              920        753      1,198      1,454
Bigeye tuna             1,637      2,005      1,458      1,608
Southern bluefin tuna     401        207        613        285
Sea bream                 137        125        118        137
Billfish                  158        188        133        144
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         1,198        415        772        305
Pacific coho            2,702      6,568      1,432      2,434
Other Pacific salmon      197      1,173        100        379
Pink salmon             5,529      4,896      2,638      1,878
Atlantic salmon           380        627        213        295
Other salmon              364        903        165        345
Halibut                 1,102      1,998        494        831
Albacore tuna             103        144         24         33
Yellowfin tuna          5,501     10,685      2,225      4,152
Skipjack                2,357      6,069        318        586
Bluefin tuna               77          0         82          0
Bigeye tuna             7,801      9,371      5,819      7,034
Herring                 8,686      6,164      1,730      1,185
Cod                     4,451      4,326        890        764
Mackerel               19,878      3,064      4,235        427
Jack mackerel           6,117      2,065        722        256
Sea bream               1,273      1,194        419        347
Capelin                 8,484     12,736      1,472      2,317
Billfish                  996      1,841        318        698
Spanish mackerel          274        432         85        179
Rockfish                3,490      3,653      1,050        936
Sablefish               2,263      2,506      2,724      2,354
Herring roe               105         42         90         41
Pollock roe             4,626      6,793      4,860      7,549
Mero                      839        902        737        640
Pollock surimi          5,703     14,062      2,189      3,296
Cod Surimi                161         87         43         19
Threadfin bream         3,166      1,987        895        460
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               796      1,040      1,269      2,719
Pollock roe               183        260        309        325
Salmon roe                162        162        289        252
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  775        937        597        480
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             215        269        865        998
King crab               1,295        766        771        373
Tanner crab             2,684      1,641        910        685
Blue crab                  95        136        104        136
Other crab                330        148        338        150
Oyster                    371        803        216        474
Clam                    1,319      2,053        205        291
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             781        907      1,839      1,989
Lobster                   103         88        320        243
Shrimp                 23,113     25,419     29,560     30,094
King crab               1,806      2,593      2,869      3,641
Tanner crab             2,583      1,897      2,008      1,661
Blue crab                 322        314        217        162
Other crab                 88        143         77        110
European cuttlefish     2,223      2,683      1,251      1,132
Octopus                 6,829     11,328      5,321      7,692
Scallop                    19         28         33         42
Other cuttlefish        1,924      2,378      1,611      1,835
Squid                   1,075      1,854        328        318
Abalone                    24         29        120         95
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      37          9         44          6
Sea urchin roe             16         51         30         98
Jellyfish                 819        734        415        503
Seaweed, dried            629        501        543        395
Seaweed, salted             -      3,721          -        457
Prepared                     
Eel                     7,383      7,027     17,214     16,652
Canned crab                37         58         41         46
Fish meal              50,507     41,158      4,261      3,131
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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