JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, FEBRUARY 2009
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult                840                 1,198

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,569                   965
 Yellowfin tuna          1,176                   856
 Bigeye tuna             1,168                   857
 Bluefin tuna              579                 1,051
 Spanish mackerel          943                   454
 Other fish              1,044                   375

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           737                   408
 Pacific coho           11,962                 5,211
 Other pacific salmon       88                    86
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  4,267                 1,722
 Halibut                 1,063                   589

 Other flatfish          1,555                   343
 Yellowfin tuna          3,348                   957
 Skipjack                5,385                   549
 Bigeye tuna             5,269                 3,297
 Bluefin tuna              550                 1,341
 Herring                 1,146                   125
 Cod                     2,497                   679
 Sardine                   943                    79
 Mackerel                  884                   258
 Jack mackerel           4,722                   680
 Capelin                   346                   141
 Globefish                 355                    45
 Rockfish                  398                   149
 Sablefish                 258                   287
 Other fish              5,096                 1,114
 Herring roe                75                    31
 Pollock roe               717                   805
 Other fish roe            344                   436
 IQ fish fillet          2,153                   818
 Tuna, fillet              996                 1,053
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    3,219                10,586
 Other fish, fillet      2,352                 1,221
 Pollock surimi            778                   300
 Threadfin bream surimi  1,541                   354
 Other minced fish       6,238                 2,999

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                27                    19
 Salmon, fillet             57                    49
 Other fish                254                   296
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                822                   387

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 253                   101
 Tanner crab               362                   162
 Oyster                    261                   137
 Clam                    1,429                   317
 Sea urchin roe            101                   407
 Baby clam               2,096                   342
 Fresh water calm          384                    77
 Others                    281                   191

FROZEN:
 Spiny lobster              86                   147
 Shrimp                 11,599                 9,299
 King crab               1,235                 1,730
 Tanner crab               431                   335
 European cuttlefish       231                   225
 Squid/cuttlefish        1,281                   725
 Octopus                 2,061                 1,011
 Cuttlefish                891                   610
 Squid                     754                   159
 Sea urchin roe             87                   175
 Baby clam                  48                    14
 Others                    252                   316

SALTED/DRIED:
 Cuttlefish                 13                    13
 Squid                     124                    85
 Jellyfish                 441                   122

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     348                   215
 Salted                    519                    44
 Fresh/frozen              251                    20
 Others                     35                    47

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,653                   747
 Sardine, dried juvenile    98                    85
 Eal                       768                   881
 Other fish              2,658                 1,300
 Pollock roe               232                   330
 Salmon roe, ikura          26                    86
 Crab                      656                   895
 Shrimp, salted          1,305                 1,442
 Shrimp, other           2,919                 1,890
 Squid                   2,145                   785
 Other molluscs          2,095                   974
 Fish meal              16,030                 1,342
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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