JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MARCH 2009
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Fishery Products   Metric tons           Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                954                 1,303

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,926                 1,273
 Yellowfin tuna          1,422                 1,038
 Bigeye tuna             1,580                 1,293
 Bluefin tuna              696                 1,181
 Spanish mackerel        1,168                   602
 Other fish                968                   338

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           451                   253
 Pacific coho            8,113                 3,719
 Other pacific salmon      496                   214
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,526                 1,462
 Halibut                 1,349                   767

 Other flatfish          3,230                   770
 Yellowfin tuna          5,752                 1,294
 Skipjack                3,533                   311
 Bigeye tuna             5,764                 3,516
 Bluefin tuna              962                 2,403
 Herring                 1,834                   215
 Cod                     2,637                   696
 Sardine                 1,567                   136
 Mackerel                2,887                   689
 Jack mackerel           5,142                   705
 Capelin                   900                   381
 Globefish                 384                    57
 Rockfish                  941                   295
 Sablefish                 366                   407
 Other fish             10,755                 2,152
 Herring roe                 4                     2
 Pollock roe               483                   411
 Other fish roe            372                   561
 IQ fish fillet          3,059                 1,230
 Tuna, fillet            1,420                 1,488
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    2,345                 7,220
 Other fish, fillet      3,901                 2,096
 Pollock surimi          2,003                   647
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,043                   648
 Other minced fish       6,366                 2,258

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               126                    83
 Salmon, fillet             63                    59
 Other fish                241                   283
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,068                   524

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 207                    64
 Tanner crab               976                   405
 Oyster                    534                   263
 Clam                      533                   128
 Sea urchin roe            110                   470
 Baby clam               4,677                   735
 Fresh water calm          383                    83
 Others                    463                   265

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             130                   249
 Shrimp                 14,072                11,575
 King crab                 461                   716
 Tanner crab               660                   602
 European cuttlefish       157                   121
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,795                 1,361
 Octopus                 2,013                 1,027
 Cuttlefish              1,027                   708
 Squid                   1,987                   331
 Sea urchin roe             73                   169
 Baby clam                  40                    20
 Others                    343                   412

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                116                    98
 Squid                     152                   107
 Jellyfish                 782                   242

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     688                   449
 Salted                  1,195                   136
 Fresh/frozen            1,971                   194
 Others                     67                    61

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,520                   697
 Sardine, dried juvenile   118                   137
 Eal                     1,348                 1,501
 Other fish              5,169                 2,215
 Pollock roe               383                   564
 Salmon roe, ikura          16                    58
 Crab                      857                 1,329
 Shrimp, salted          1,374                 1,513
 Shrimp, other           3,412                 2,342
 Squid                   3,027                 1,240
 Other molluscs          2,354                 1,273
 Fish meal              30,969                 2,768
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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