JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, NOVEMBER 2005
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     NOV. 2005 NOV. 2004   NOV. 2005  NOV. 2004
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              1,596     1,937       2,382      2,370
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,992     1,908       1,427      1,138
 Yellowfin tuna          1,545     1,828       1,122      1,274
 Bigeye tuna               939     1,260         834        960
 Bluefin tuna              882     1,032       1,928      2,169
 Spanish mackerel          359       363         194        173
 Other fish              1,196     1,921         679        741

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         3,046     2,458       1,417      1,042
 Pacific coho            7,390     2,877       3,670      1,110
 Other pacific salmon      473     1,121         155        442
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  4,117     6,080       2,246      2,714
 Halibut                 2,262     2,578       1,367      1,411
 Other flatfish          1,411     2,861         438        743
 Yellowfin tuna          7,442     7,643       2,341      2,367
 Skipjack                1,918     8,979         187        787
 Bigeye tuna             8,370     9,773       5,620      6,798
 Bluefin tuna               54         -          66          -
 Herring                   935       303         120         30
 Cod                       943     2,325         338        701
 Sardine                 2,915     5,371         261        433
 Mackerel               27,508    27,991       8,362      6,157
 Jack mackerel           1,404     5,793         183        576
 Capelin                 1,222       922         443        344
 Globefish               1,465     2,068         558        737
 Rockfish                1,341     2,559         535        613
 Sablefish                 715     1,605         807      1,424
 Other fish              8,911    12,044       1,778      2,031
 Mero (dressed)            432       229         594        213
 Herring roe             1,753     1,521         941        788
 Pollock roe               960     1,288       1,274      1,604
 Other fish roe          1,589     1,369       1,262      1,193
 IQ fish fillet          5,617     6,155       2,209      1,952
 Tuna, fillet            1,494     1,279       1,455      1,142
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     145         4         294         10
 Other fish, fillet      8,409    10,000       5,370      5,497
 Pollock surimi          8,127    13,060       2,340      2,696
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,620     4,748       1,041        919
 Other minced fish      12,629     9,201       3,961      2,385

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               783       572         753        536
 Salmon, fillet            139       102         145        111
 Other fish                314       282         347        239

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,627     1,634         681        703

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               4,067     2,612       2,120      1,652
 Tanner crab             2,631     3,648         769        904
 Oyster                    408       558         360        426
 Clam                    1,623     1,754         355        299
 Sea urchin roe            209       191       1,064        939
 Baby clam               7,073     8,537         995      1,032
 Fresh water calm          537       585          68         61
 Others                    527       795         403        575

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             299       268         524        408
 Shrimp                 23,447    24,572      23,164     23,191
 King crab               2,842     3,807       5,175      7,375
 Tanner crab             1,760     1,864       1,776      2,034
 European cuttlefish     1,118       956         620        580
 Squid/cuttlefish        6,579     4,849       2,875      2,214
 Octopus                 3,817     5,312       2,188      3,549
 Cuttlefish              1,900     1,994       1,244      1,214
 Squid                   1,834     2,143         506        568
 Sea urchin roe            310       140         595        265
 Baby clam                  69        83          30         26
 Others                    829       915         950        941

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                196       257         317        359
 Squid                     339       176         310        143
 Jellyfish                 542       868         289        346

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     840       841         449        414
 Salted                     73       613          58         53
 Fresh/frozen              749       374          74         38
 Others                  1,239     1,109         546        430

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,428     3,098       1,074      1,221
 Sardine, dried juvenile   136       674         134        735
 Eal                       325     3,164         561      4,533
 Other fish              6,710     7,703       3,346      3,151
 Pollock roe               967       826       1,577      1,476
 Salmon roe, ikura         347       468         605        805
 Crab                    1,701     1,662       2,810      2,953
 Shrimp, salted          1,693     1,557       2,066      1,912
 Shrimp, other           4,450     4,036       3,512      3,077
 Squid                   3,760     3,670       2,003      1,773
 Other molluscs          4,409     4,612       2,325      2,203
 Fish meal              18,336    29,099       1,497      2,136
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