JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    July 1997   July 1996  July 1997   July 1996
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Live:
Eel, adult              3,310      2,827      4,771      5,239
Others                    701        614      1,125      1,036
Fresh
Pacific sockeye            59         49         42         32
Pacific coho                -          -          -          -
Other Pacific salmon       82        141         61        105
Atlantic salmon         1,565      1,535      1,173      1,165
Yellowfin tuna          2,503      2,691      1,849      1,851
Bluefin tuna              261        245        659        535
Bigeye tuna             1,573      1,857      1,340      1,448
Southern bluefin tuna     633        276      1,256        453
Sea bream                 136        139        129        141
Billfish                  135        153         99        105
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye        13,678     23,660      7,506     13,011
Pacific coho            3,328        776      1,500        314
Other Pacific salmon    2,317      1,940      1,528        711
Pink salmon             2,870      2,253      1,281      1,072
Atlantic salmon           582        540        299        299
Other salmon               63        124         25         59
Halibut                 1,702      2,566        764      1,321
Albacore tuna              72        423         16        110
Yellowfin tuna          6,134     14,150      2,570      6,584
Skipjack                4,715      4,669        604        498
Bluefin tuna              190         15        253         30
Bigeye tuna             8,793      7,199      6,169      5,310
Herring                 7,489      6,484      1,162      1,488
Cod                       116        959         17        162
Mackerel               14,155      8,249      3,331      1,044
Jack mackerel           3,133      3,877        547        724
Sea bream                 507      1,037        150        340
Capelin                   660      1,324        222        333
Billfish                  659      2,026        180        769
Spanish mackerel          120        396         51        159
Rockfish                6,950     11,281      1,864      2,711
Sablefish               1,505      1,946      1,637      1,873
Herring roe                62        217         36        133
Pollock roe             7,999      5,311      6,723      5,406
Mero                    1,128      1,051        928        853
Pollock surimi          2,919      2,674        926        543
Cod Surimi             12,816      5,757      3,733      1,054
Threadfin bream         3,625      2,967      1,018        728
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             2,622      2,337      3,839      8,510
Pollock roe               175        320        244        388
Salmon roe                831      1,188      1,045      1,779
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  620        872        492        439
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             181        185        734        764
King crab               1,339        841        704        563
Tanner crab             1,642      2,659        534        741
Blue crab                   1         14          1         12
Other crab                326         94        282         85
Oyster                     63         45         31         23
Clam                    1,182      1,159        194        194
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             526        997      1,222      2,343
Lobster                   351        404        638        580
Shrimp                 22,907     25,449     28,811     29,195
King crab                 735      1,497        947      2,168
Tanner crab             6,879      7,730      6,929      8,495
Blue crab                 458        502        248        268
Other crab                186         64        228         75
European cuttlefish       647      1,891        406        964
Octopus                 7,107      6,741      4,490      5,268
Scallop                    82         74        133         77
Other cuttlefish        2,570      3,021      1,851      2,379
Squid                     580      4,637        157      1,007
Abalone                    38         64        199        237
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      14         17         11         22
Sea urchin roe             64         68         92        111
Jellyfish               1,699      1,973        698      1,038
Seaweed, dried            562        389        457        348
Seaweed, salted             -      1,295          -        134
Prepared                     
Eel                     5,410      4,499     10,394     10,793
Canned crab                11         53         13         41
Fish meal              24,037     27,157      1,820      2,037
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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