JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, DECEMBER 2008
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Fishery Products     Metric tons           Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,148                 1,847
                                                    
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         2,392                 1,593
 Yellowfin tuna          1,958                 1,312
 Bigeye tuna             1,814                 1,183
 Bluefin tuna              959                 1,774
 Spanish mackerel          686                   247
 Other fish              1,226                   611

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,476                   781
 Pacific coho            5,494                 2,685
 Other pacific salmon       77                    82
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,004                 2,343
 Halibut                 2,318                 1,413

 Other flatfish          2,223                   530
 Yellowfin tuna          2,720                 1,162
 Skipjack                4,931                   583
 Bigeye tuna             6,471                 4,681
 Bluefin tuna                9                    23
 Herring                 1,066                   131
 Cod                     1,983                   855
 Sardine                 1,049                   101
 Mackerel               27,863                 7,376
 Jack mackerel           5,228                   808
 Capelin                 1,000                   420
 Globefish                 735                   330
 Rockfish                2,110                   774
 Sablefish                 592                   733
 Other fish              5,300                 1,239
 Herring roe               403                   232
 Pollock roe               740                   544
 Other fish roe            520                 1,014
 IQ fish fillet          4,766                 1,942
 Tuna, fillet            1,668                 2,084
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      468                 1,555
 Other fish, fillet      5,593                 3,067
 Pollock surimi          4,072                 2,072
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,486                   954
 Other minced fish       8,905                 2,997

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               265                   188
 Salmon, fillet            108                    92
 Other fish                304                   379
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,726                   956

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 428                   393
 Tanner crab             2,104                   785
 Oyster                    106                    82
 Clam                    1,274                   287
 Sea urchin roe            175                   887
 Baby clam               3,729                   527
 Fresh water calm          255                    58
 Others                    542                   335

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             167                   311
 Shrimp                 18,239                16,658
 King crab               2,888                 5,381
 Tanner crab             1,652                 1,936
 European cuttlefish       495                   323
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,689                 1,490
 Octopus                 4,828                 3,184
 Cuttlefish              1,605                 1,111
 Squid                   1,490                   347
 Sea urchin roe            175                   467
 Baby clam                 165                    56
 Others                    624                   860

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                160                   157
 Squid                     195                   139
 Jellyfish                 265                   106

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     684                   421
 Salted                    478                    58
 Fresh/frozen              196                    27
 Others                    591                   316

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,504                   789
 Sardine, dried juvenile   142                   157
 Eal                       579                   778
 Other fish              6,722                 3,416
 Pollock roe               734                 1,142
 Salmon roe, ikura         340                 1,233
 Crab                    1,886                 3,306
 Shrimp, salted          1,972                 2,233
 Shrimp, other           4,530                 3,172
 Squid                   4,006                 1,654
 Other molluscs          3,591                 1,939
 Fish meal              24,341                 2,252
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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