JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, SEPTEMBER 1997
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products   Sept. 1997  Sept. 1996  Sept. 1997  Sept. 1997
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Live:
Eel, adult                806         624       1,071      1,025
Others                    494         435         765        667
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon      124         102          60         68
Atlantic salmon         1,461       1,360       1,112      1,040
Yellowfin tuna          2,099       2,500       1,752      1,685
Bluefin tuna              833         566       1,718      1,876
Bigeye tuna             1,834       2,042       1,703      1,633
Southern bluefin tuna     641         335       1,259        674
Sea bream                 157         147         143        145
Billfish                  221         131         179        106
Frozen                       
Pacific sockeye         9,703      12,213       6,801      7,241
Pacific coho            2,250       3,344       1,222      1,500
Other Pacific salmon    4,565       2,294         837        559
Pink salmon             4,167       1,076       1,897        555
Atlantic salmon           390       1,038         209        543
Other salmon              189          21          82         11
Halibut                 2,173       2,526         842      1,313
Albacore tuna             154         150          54         42
Yellowfin tuna          6,595       8,573       2,721      2,716
Skipjack                3,164       3,617         452        464
Bluefin tuna              617         225       1,023        413
Bigeye tuna             9,299       4,376       6,048      3,395
Herring                    54         200           6         24
Cod                     1,113         841         203        153
Mackerel                1,725       3,775         348        589
Jack mackerel           3,774       5,110         475        936
Sea bream                 429         929         129        272
Capelin                 6,065       6,927       1,306      1,302
Billfish                  871       1,556         309        647
Spanish mackerel          241         112         114         47
Rockfish                9,636       9,324       2,416      1,946
Sablefish                 772       1,482         870      1,452
Herring roe                65         265          25        221
Pollock roe             3,991       2,474       3,316      2,387
Mero                      725         445         611        387
Pollock surimi          9,202       5,216       2,975      1,168
Cod Surimi              3,598       4,898       1,090        897
Threadfin bream         3,570       2,291       1,067        559
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,363         793       1,686      2,076
Pollock roe               385         170         533        249
Salmon roe              1,854       1,452       1,718      1,505
Shellfish
Live
Arkshell                  598         869         445        454
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             115         136         533        541
King crab               2,353       1,703       1,156        992
Tanner crab             1,682       1,346         537        436
Blue crab                  77         115          97         99
Other crab                537         297         455        265
Oyster                    149         143         173        133
Clam                    1,745       1,952         338        292
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             378         470         848        974
Lobster                   174         132         370        243
Shrimp                 22,558      23,795      29,581     27,212
King crab                 921       1,037       1,017      1,297
Tanner crab             4,793       7,648       4,161      6,830
Blue crab                 775         615         387        324
Other crab                 42         114          61         83
European cuttlefish     2,195       1,818       1,050        850
Octopus                 7,050       7,959       4,744      6,030
Scallop                    29          93          56        108
Other cuttlefish        2,437       2,245       1,787      1,623
Squid                   3,315       2,920         426        676
Abalone                    21          38         101        115
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      10         111          19         95
Sea urchin roe             31          31          36         44
Jellyfish                 996       1,294         350        605
Seaweed, dried            410         484         361        361
Seaweed, salted             -         101           -          8
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,488       2,309       6,321      5,267
Canned crab                 5          94          16        342
Fish meal              54,231      23,350       4,469      1,681
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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

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

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