Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, March 1997
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                              Landings                     Exvessel Prices      
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                     Metric Tons    A       B          Yen/kg       A       B
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                63    428     222          3,251       73      45
 Albacore tuna            4,243    108     155            293      100      86
 Bigeye tuna                453     89      92          1,115      100      76
 Yellowfin                  662    112     164          1,070      109     104
 Striped Marlin             191    133     152            782       94      88
 Swordfish                  688    138     110            948       97     101
 Skipjack tuna            1,325    317     105            377       73      75
 Sardine                 11,205    256      81             51       84      88
 Jack mackerel           17,803    198     111            172       76     121
 Mackerel - scad          3,809     88     219            135       95     124
 Pacific mackerel        45,679     66      68             62       90     119
 Saury                        2      6   2,449            150       87     158
 Japanese flying squid    1,206     62     133            394      124     102
 Flying squid                 8    139      75             57      130      97
 Flatfish                 2,925    133     157            424       85      78
 Cod                      3,284     59      91            157       90     103
 Pollock                 26,004     99      78            110       90     100
 Atka mackerel           17,312    153     200             40      100     138
 Rockfish                    78     88     162          1,443       92      66
 Thorney head               165    211     130          3,281       77      93
 Hairtail                   355     45      76            255       85      63
 Flounder                   143     97     118          2,090      106     107
 Sea bream                  644    125     198          1,291      105      98
 Yellowtail               2,037    115      89            639      130      83
 Spanish mackerel           130    100      10            847       98     112
 Tanner crab                 76    119      67          1,093       60      85
 Herring                    103    114      72            496      117      83
 Cuttlefish                 203    119     107            513       91     100
 Octopus                    453    104     111            462      107     106
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               426     46      54          2,293       76      77
 Albacore tuna            2,272    196     162            292       97     120
 Bigeye                   3,574    125     107          1,027       91      87
 Yellowfin tuna           2,136    127     150            620       99     106
 Striped marlin             213    130      93            630      106     115
 Swordfish                  250    110      98            694      100     101
 Skipjack tuna           11,315    105      79            174      107     124
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           1,043  1,068      75            157       75      59
  Coastal                   102     20      36            305      122     110
Flying squid                454      6      16            364      130     125
Cod                       1,392     94     230            200       95     109
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A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

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

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