JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2009
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Fishery Products     Metric tons           Million yen
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult                884                 1,373

FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,501                   950
 Yellowfin tuna          1,355                   931
 Bigeye tuna             1,291                   891
 Bluefin tuna              603                   988
 Spanish mackerel          540                   232
 Other fish                694                   327

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,997                   929
 Pacific coho           12,106                 5,431
 Other pacific salmon      219                   176
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  6,336                 2,726
 Halibut                 2,984                 1,745

 Other flatfish          1,654                   369
 Yellowfin tuna          3,916                 1,020
 Skipjack                5,820                   596
 Bigeye tuna             6,786                 4,375
 Bluefin tuna              357                   837
 Herring                 2,711                   281
 Cod                       524                   188
 Sardine                   712                    68
 Mackerel               12,756                 3,353
 Jack mackerel          13,505                 1,971
 Capelin                 1,158                   501
 Globefish                 660                   119
 Rockfish                1,649                   611
 Sablefish                 296                   341
 Other fish              4,122                 1,013
 Herring roe                86                    37
 Pollock roe             1,037                 1,000
 Other fish roe            328                   515
 IQ fish fillet          4,999                 1,887
 Tuna, fillet              827                   826
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      707                 2,231
 Other fish, fillet      6,226                 3,374
 Pollock surimi            827                   371
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,057                   684
 Other minced fish       8,611                 3,253

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               102                    76
 Salmon, fillet             95                    83
 Other fish                267                   310
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                606                   448

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 766                   631
 Tanner crab               987                   386
 Oyster                    122                    64
 Clam                      652                   145
 Sea urchin roe            143                   674
 Baby clam               1,364                   231
 Fresh water calm          505                   113
 Others                    369                   234

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             201                   313
 Shrimp                 14,665                11,512
 King crab               1,351                 1,947
 Tanner crab               515                   669
 European cuttlefish       269                   257
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,916                 1,419
 Octopus                 3,827                 2,085
 Cuttlefish              1,198                   838
 Squid                   1,312                   270
 Sea urchin roe             56                   146
 Baby clam                 106                    33
 Others                    552                   745

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                211                   164
 Squid                     287                   194
 Jellyfish                 458                   180

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     772                   446
 Salted                    459                    48
 Fresh/frozen              194                    27
 Others                     71                    55

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,681                   806
 Sardine, dried juvenile   134                   147
 Eal                       696                   907
 Other fish              7,822                 3,382
 Pollock roe               879                 1,345
 Salmon roe, ikura         132                   450
 Crab                    1,602                 2,708
 Shrimp, salted          1,587                 1,672
 Shrimp, other           4,254                 2,727
 Squid                   4,883                 1,750
 Other molluscs          3,259                 1,597
 Fish meal              22,625                 1,940
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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