JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES
JANUARY - DECEMBER 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:  	
 Eel, adult	           12,079                16,600
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon        20,739                14,480
 Yellowfin tuna         15,510                11,809
 Bigeye tuna            15,195                12,294
 Bluefin tuna            5,834                10,443
 Spanish mackerel        5,288                 2,538
 Other fish              7,489                 3,255

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye        39,841                21,197
 Pacific coho           77,926                35,094
 Other pacific salmon    5,525                 2,426
 Pink/chum/trout salmon 48,923                22,100
 Halibut                24,597                13,327

 Other flatfish         25,249                 5,412
 Yellowfin tuna         44,064                12,970
 Skipjack               53,280                 5,652
 Bigeye tuna            77,083                52,637
 Bluefin tuna            3,991                 9,145
 Herring                31,860                 4,753
 Cod                    14,922                 4,201
 Sardine                15,106      	       1,251
 Mackerel               50,787 	              12,098
 Jack mackerel          43,841                 6,287
 Capelin                23,433                 6,123
 Globefish               5,137                   911
 Rockfish               24,456                 7,722
 Sablefish              10,607                12,404
 Other fish             91,366                18,383
 Herring roe             3,176                 2,595
 Pollock roe            34,215                31,106
 Other fish roe          8,158                 8,031
 IQ fish fillet         45,890                18,179
 Tuna, fillet           16,503                17,827
 Bluefin tuna, fillet   13,198                37,633
 Other fish, fillet     57,227                29,340
 Pollock surimi         55,824                16,785
 Threadfin bream surimi 44,920                 9,883
 Other minced fish     104,875                33,177

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             5,873                 8,853
 Salmon, fillet            680                   634
 Other fish              3,728                 4,458
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              9,890                 5,609

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               6,246                 3,961
 Tanner crab            23,497                 6,950
 Oyster                  2,900                 1,574
 Clam                    7,409                 1,706
 Sea urchin roe          1,451                 6,273
 Baby clam              30,949 	               5,306
 Fresh water calm        2,995                   605
 Others                  3,900                 2,357

FROZEN:	
 Spiny lobster           2,175                 3,545
 Shrimp                197,574               161,952
 King crab              10,037                15,027
 Tanner crab            18,582                17,219
 European cuttlefish     4,580                 3,014
 Squid/cuttlefish       36,555                17,384
 Octopus                56,192                27,809
 Cuttlefish             14,432                 9,702
 Squid                  22,458                 4,034
 Sea urchin roe          2,209                 5,568
 Baby clam                 891                   299
 Others                  6,006                 7,771

SALTED/DRIED:	
 Cuttlefish              1,545                 1,378
 Squid                   2,109                 1,521
 Jellyfish               6,645                 1,963

SEAWEED:
 Dried                   8,821	               4,884
 Salted                  6,804                   779
 Fresh/frozen            9,803                 1,003
 Others                  2,882                 1,633
PREPARED:
 Tuna                   23,082	              10,280
 Sardine, dried juvenile 1,130                 1,241
 Eal                    20,460                23,113
 Other fish             71,541                32,688
 Pollock roe             6,750                 9,672
 Salmon roe, ikura       1,148                 2,988
 Crab                   13,851                21,506
 Shrimp, salted         20,903                22,149
 Shrimp, other          41,147                27,611
 Squid                  43,288                16,554
 Other molluscs         36,754                17,790
 Fish meal             278,544                25,885
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12/09/13


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