JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     Apr. 2005 Apr. 2004   Apr. 2005  Apr. 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              1,961     2,385       2,907      2,783
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlanic salmon          2,283     2,195       1,529      1,450
 Yellowfin tuna          1,799     2,180       1,402      1,551
 Bigeye tuna             1,481     1,754       1,214      1,380
 Bluefin tuna              853       434       1,451      1,145
 Spanish mackerel        1,302       980         692        547
 Other fish              1,540     1,380         678        532

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           420        86         208         36
 Pacific coho            4,493     5,887       1,844      1,908
 Other pacific salmon      511        78         240         54
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,147     7,718       2,275      2,788
 Halibut                 1,399     1,599         813        913
 Other flatfish          3,897     4,245       1,032      1,046
 Yellowfin tuna         11,609    10,031       3,458      2,433
 Skipjack                2,926     8,488         290        524
 Bigeye tuna            10,045    10,055       5,466      6,726
 Bluefin tuna              562       534       1,164        854
 Herring                 3,049     2,500         374        311
 Cod                       640     1,517         196        416
 Sardine                   590     1,185          55         89
 Mackerel                8,385     4,900       1,803        670
 Jack mackerel           3,419     3,469         341        395
 Capelin                 4,918     2,885         943        499
 Globefish                 681       691         107        114
 Rockfish                1,167     1,294         360        324
 Sablefish                 847     1,263         745      1,171
 Other fish              5,657     5,629       1,094      1,110
 Mero (dressed)            203       466         198        391
 Herring roe                68        47          42         28
 Pollock roe            11,038    10,793      17,767     17,129
 Other fish roe            194       712         122        339
 IQ fish fillet          7,614     6,241       2,647      1,822
 Tuna, fillet            1,382     1,245       1,211      1,200
 Bluefine tuna, fillet   1,050       802       2,620      1,831
 Other fish, fillet      9,859    10,936       5,267      5,368
 Pollock surimi         17,042    18,410       4,050      3,143
 Threadfin bream surimi  7,661     5,045       1,647        796
 Other minced fish       9,088     8,603       2,402      2,154

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               177       411         168        327
 Salmon, fillet            141        67         153         71
 Other fish                298       289         260        228

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,569     1,330         689        571

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 701       818         462        397
 Tanner crab             2,764     3,155       1,121      1,036
 Oyster                  1,240     1,547         614        930
 Clam                    1,361     1,443         283        215
 Sea urchin roe            187       200         743        796
 Baby clam               7,909     9,100       1,049      1,197
 Fresh water calm          750     1,003          95        128
 Others                    502       507         415        426

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             735       593       1,412        991
 Shrimp                 16,231    17,711      14,755     15,276
 King crab                 436       213         648        429
 Tanner crab               875       892         976      1,161
 European cuttlefish     1,547       969         740        528
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,367     4,458       1,759      1,922
 Octopus                 4,760     5,843       3,068      4,008
 Cuttlefish              1,978     1,759       1,171      1,021
 Squid                     836       639         287        161
 Sea urchin roe             36        36          33         88
 Baby clam                 113       136          34         41
 Others                    508       567         694        708

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                144       171         161        187
 Squid                     239       201         221        129
 Jellyfish                 504       974         216        334

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     921       997         460        592
 Salted                  3,683     3,829         409        432
 Fresh/frozen           12,404    10,497       1,085      1,470
 Others                    114       142         115        106

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,022     3,042         854      1,032
 Sardine, dried juvenile   278       323         267        219
 Eal                     4,770     7,298       7,594     10,001
 Other fish              7,280     8,242       2,989      3,226
 Pollock roe               702       731       1,328      1,250
 Salmon roe                 36        64          65        107
 Crab                    1,493     1,562       2,471      2,315
 Shrimp, salted          1,379     1,228       1,591      1,503
 Shrimp, other           3,420     3,390       2,532      2,418
 Squid                   3,721     3,561       1,712      1,499
 Other molluscs          3,646     4,214       1,998      2,140
 Fish meal              34,296    26,088       2,518      1,941
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12/09/13


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