JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, OCTOBER 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     OCT. 2005 OCT. 2004   OCT. 2005  OCT. 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              1,250     1,223       1,841      1,395
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,940     2,003       1,364      1,219
 Yellowfin tuna          1,627     1,717       1,215      1,176
 Bigeye tuna             1,310     1,588       1,146      1,189
 Bluefin tuna              940     1,154       1,960      2,354
 Spanish mackerel          541       408         243        279
 Other fish              1,030     1,019         491        492

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         5,100     4,751       2,361      2,347
 Pacific coho            2,891     1,303       1,424        519
 Other pacific salmon    1,333     1,008         419        354
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,013     4,137       1,567      1,877
 Halibut                 3,264     2,348       1,934      1,268
 Other flatfish          2,102     2,149         608        525
 Yellowfin tuna          8,806     8,734       2,625      2,919
 Skipjack                7,013     4,197         539        374
 Bigeye tuna             6,381    10,144       4,365      6,931
 Bluefin tuna              192        35         243         26
 Herring                   318       290          29         23
 Cod                     2,183     3,215         752        952
 Sardine                 5,295     5,445         481        458
 Mackerel                5,045     8,420       1,440      1,706
 Jack mackerel           1,403     2,811         238        339
 Capelin                 1,633     3,475         536        889
 Globefish                 689     1,332         284        216
 Rockfish                2,480     4,787       1,004      1,202
 Sablefish               1,225     2,049       1,341      1,862
 Other fish             10,459    22,864       2,111      2,606
 Mero (dressed)            368       368         503        310
 Herring roe             2,180       636       1,235        301
 Pollock roe               580       623         727        622
 Other fish roe          2,222     1,286       1,469      1,034
 IQ fish fillet          5,326     5,615       1,966      1,740
 Tuna, fillet            1,332     1,278       1,189      1,085
 Bluefine tuna, fillet      84       226         118        294
 Other fish, fillet      8,887     9,583       5,218      5,204
 Pollock surimi         19,174    22,271       5,421      4,624
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,669     5,041         845        968
 Other minced fish      10,572    10,869       2,986      2,634

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               939       436         890        482
 Salmon, fillet            187        93         206        104
 Other fish                302       243         316        215

LIVE:
 Sea urchin                965     1,272         406        544

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               4,374     2,782       2,148      1,725
 Tanner crab             1,636     3,069         456        671
 Oyster                    395       596         311        447
 Clam                    1,365     1,616         296        282
 Sea urchin roe            199       229       1,031      1,122
 Baby clam               2,165     3,322         434        585
 Fresh water calm          424       503          51         58
 Others                    493       567         364        425

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             241       348         434        664
 Shrimp                 22,865    23,196      21,470     20,843
 King crab                 473       683         557      1,067
 Tanner crab             1,659     1,627       1,597      1,900
 European cuttlefish       753     1,159         563        625
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,962     4,417       1,939      2,014
 Octopus                 4,985     7,024       2,830      4,603
 Cuttlefish              1,567     1,686       1,011      1,009
 Squid                   1,437     1,767         367        457
 Sea urchin roe            280       346         584        683
 Baby clam                  78        49          27         19
 Others                    719       713         848        748

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                115       228         221        324
 Squid                     254        94         234         76
 Jellyfish                 536       604         195        237

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     713       683         371        332
 Salted                    432       261          38         32
 Fresh/frozen              628       177          68         20
 Others                    221       977         102        387

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,781     2,271       1,218        937
 Sardine, dried juvenile   168       944         159      1,003
 Eal                       187     1,669         379      2,287
 Other fish              6,101     6,641       2,754      2,726
 Pollock roe               714       757       1,253      1,279
 Salmon roe, ikura         453     1,153         742      2,049
 Crab                    1,636     1,452       2,662      2,584
 Shrimp, salted          1,660     1,507       1,919      1,991
 Shrimp, other           4,556     3,643       3,362      2,785
 Squid                   3,777     3,915       1,677      1,618
 Other molluscs          3,967     4,300       2,040      2,159
 Fish meal              46,431    37,919       3,759      2,980
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