JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, FEBRUARY 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Feb. 1997   Feb. 1996   Feb. 1997   Feb. 1996
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Live:
Eel, adult                798        601      1,611        985
Others                    321        298        382        375
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             1          1          1          1
Pacific coho                -          -          -          -
Other Pacific salmon       95        130         74         92
Atlantic salmon         1,633      1,725      1,354      1,249
Yellowfin tuna          2,512      2,613      1,917      1,845
Bluefin tuna              404         56        600        207
Bigeye tuna             1,720      2,086      1,494      1,629
Southern bluefin tuna     519        440        598        446
Sea bream                 140        147        136        105
Billfish                  149        120        115        147
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye           125      2,807         73      1,099
Pacific coho            9,105      5,323      5,854      2,139
Other Pacific salmon       82        291         47        117
Pink salmon             3,994      2,405      2,025        933
Atlantic salmon           109        196         64        107
Other salmon              400        279        237        115
Halibut                   731        882        355        407
Albacore tuna              55        148         17         37
Yellowfin tuna          9,568      5,458      2,698      1,826
Skipjack                3,354      1,498        445        172
Bluefin tuna               45          -         88          -
Bigeye tuna             8,852      8,273      6,622      6,431
Herring                 2,888      2,393        370        138
Cod                     3,155      3,567        679        708
Mackerel                6,021      9,561      1,239      1,139
Jack mackerel           6,150      9,580        712        971
Sea bream                 398        709        132        197
Capelin                   647        192        233         84
Billfish                  446      1,590        174        688
Spanish mackerel          302        460        173        234
Rockfish                2,046      3,219        587        713
Sablefish                 468        513        511        481
Herring roe               159        238        168        230
Pollock roe             1,814        963      2,051      1,039
Mero                    1,245        981      1,179        715
Pollock surimi          5,856      3,589      1,684        764
Cod Surimi                 11        339          2         77
Threadfin bream         1,525      2,132        405        532
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               190         52        204        138
Pollock roe               216        265        273        307
Salmon roe                149        159        368        450
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  695        723        519        471
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             182        218        723        699
King crab               1,744      1,353      1,443      1,211
Tanner crab               653        632        352        316
Blue crab                 222        238        248        315
Other crab                139         71        128         78
Oyster                    651      1,060        481        732
Clam                    4,061      3,725        934        736
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             907        663      2,049      1,259
Lobster                    29         73         83        171
Shrimp                 17,702     17,495     22,850     19,374
King crab               1,638      2,488      2,351      3,218
Tanner crab               691        641        525        763
Blue crab                 321        355        220        225
Other crab                206         58        130         42
European cuttlefish       991      1,843        530        865
Octopus                 8,318     12,915      6,511      7,215
Scallop                    45         39         31         29
Other cuttlefish        1,989      2,263      1,764      1,756
Squid                     342        219         68         56
Abalone                    16         31         51        138
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      14         32         12         25
Sea urchin roe             18         23         78         79
Jellyfish                 466        696        360        319
Seaweed, dried            269        340        295        265
Seaweed, salted             -      3,967          -        398
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,567      2,285      7,939      4,671
Canned crab                 3         44          9         53
Fish meal              31,299     36,779      2,553      2,791
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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