JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    July 2000  July 1999    July 2000   July 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              2,209       2,175       1,967      3,883
Others                    833         859       1,114      1,171
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             5           4           4          4
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       98         143          72         95
Atlantic salmon         1,969       1,842       1,374      1,265
Yellowfin tuna          2,657       2,459       1,918      1,752
Bluefin tuna               64         243         138      1,412
Bigeye tuna             1,589       2,076       1,327        332
Southern bluefin tuna     542         604       1,235      1,392
Sea bream                  70          87          48         79
Billfish                  106         128          78         82
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 154         147         136        112
Pacific sockeye        13,540      10,785       6,662      8,278
Pacific coho            1,182         904         579        572
Other Pacific salmon    1,919       1,769         620        885
Pink salmon             2,794       3,822       1,284      2,251
Atlantic salmon           859       2,505         451      1,297
Other salmon               95          51          52         21
Halibut                 4,406       2,719       1,725      1,029
Albacore tuna              44         117          11         27
Yellowfin tuna          7,227       8,333       2,008      2,936
Skipjack                4,394       8,889         223        714
Bluefin tuna              206         245         283        417
Bigeye tuna             7,431       9,947       4,737      9,366
Herring                11,876       8,862       1,545      1,806
Cod                     1,042         999         306        315
Mackerel                1,833       4,093         222        532
Mero                      832         328         649        222
Jack mackerel           1,914       2,310         406        387
Sea bream                 411         101          82         39
Capelin                 8,702       1,805       1,418        481
Billfish                  508       1,452         151        320
Spanish mackerel           43          68          15         16
Rockfish                6,751       8,938       1,652      2,397
Sablefish               1,609       2,115       1,606      2,161
Herring roe                77          21          28          4
Pollock roe             2,295       2,428       3,867      2,887
Mero, fillet              298         510         292        648
Swordfish, fillet          88         103          53         52
Pollock surimi          8,959       2,602       2,003        750
Cod Surimi              5,646       6,556         952      1,664
Threadfin bream         3,167       2,367         581        536
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe             1,857       1,901       3,215      3,653
Pollock roe               156         205         284        319
Salmon roe                533         511         733        756
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                563         740         375        419
Arkshell                  587         655         335        390
Spiny lobster             166         183         547        596
King crab                 869       1,341         447        648
Tanner crab             2,797       2,044         816        571
Blue crab                   1           3           1          3
Other crab                365         681         259        454
Oyster                    234         197          93         87
Clam                      648       1,027         157        243
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             758         416       1,443        688
Lobster                   306         430         587        868
Shrimp                 24,616      21,206      28,903     24,804
King crab                 745         680       1,223        842
Tanner crab             6,200       7,595       6,282      7,611
Blue crab                 606         264         263        137
Other crab                 36          94          27         93
European cuttlefish       803         698         466        417
Octopus                11,779       6,340       4,050      3,162
Scallop                    97          92         104        139
Other cuttlefish        2,342       2,329       1,400      1,683
Squid                     118         875          33        131
Abalone                    18          32          99        101
Salted/dried                 
Squid                      54          34          31         19
Sea urchin roe             72          34         121         66
Jellyfish                 881       1,496         326        736
Seaweed, dried            618         544         341        345
Seaweed, salted           409         950          39        104
Prepared                     
Eel                     8,654       6,627      10,880      8,506
Canned crab                13           4          63          5
Fish meal              37,268      37,717       2,043      2,506

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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