Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, May 1998
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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                420    260     125          2,222      46       73
 Albacore tuna            1,308     31      76            356     147      117
 Bigeye tuna                215     63      77            847      74       93
 Yellowfin                  730    121      66            758      68      125
 Striped Marlin             330    105     108            353      56       78
 Swordfish                  417     70     108            816      92       86
 Skipjack tuna            7,128    626     121            222      39      106
 Sardine                 13,997    199      73             42      74       76
 Jack mackerel           42,266    173     166            101      85       49
 Mackerel - scad            614     62      47            137     119      152
 Pacific mackerel        26,425    102      56             46      65      110
 Saury                       12    375     198            109      88       46
 Japanese flying squid    1,124    131      38            452      93      140
 Flying squid                 6    145      59             73      59      235
 Flatfish                 1,841     69      95            391     116       83
 Cod                      2,720    110     113             88      85       84
 Pollock                 24,036    124     106             35      41       51
 Atka mackerel           13,338     62     170             26     118       47
 Rockfish                    65     85     122          1,029      86       78
 Thorney head               147     69      83          2,729     100       99
 Hairtail                   220     91     118            386     130       67
 Flounder                   100     85      79          1,541      97       86
 Sea bream                  576     86      98            980      96       86
 Yellowtail               1,781     65     105            627     103       79
 Spanish mackerel           268    151     176            267      53       40
 Tanner crab                 71     90      36            543      83       82
 Herring                     48     18      15            469     170      204
 Cuttlefish                  85     56      88            324      87       81
 Octopus                    534    135      98            382      94       83
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               273     81      74          2,745      89       91
 Albacore tuna              138     41      65            452     155      171
 Bigeye                   1,405     39      53            659      89       62
 Yellowfin tuna             513     34      27            484      93       86
 Striped marlin              44     23      48            467     103       83
 Swordfish                   84     26      46            678     128       91
 Skipjack tuna           20,059    117     106            215      99      125
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water          15,647    162     106            151     111       97
  Coastal                   106     88      98            208     108      100
Flying squid                346     39     131            119     118       45
Cod                          45      6     213            138      64      105
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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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