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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