Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, July 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                751    337      49          1,315       73      122
 Albacore tuna            3,651     95     290            226       76       90
 Bigeye tuna                184     79      63            922      121      119
 Yellowfin                  713     62      50            662      124      167
 Striped Marlin             462    196     143            224       78       65
 Swordfish                  457    138      97            745       83       96
 Skipjack tuna           31,225    187     141            151       86       99
 Sardine                 11,910     58      39             67      129      120
 Jack mackerel           15,893     69     118            209      163       98
 Mackerel - scad            933    126     179            133       93       69
 Pacific mackerel        22,662     95     180             67      120       79
 Saury                      105    198       7            451      278       54
 Japanese flying squid    2,457    208      34            383       88      209
 Flying squid                 1     10      22             54      216       16
 Flatfish                   678     62      72            505      117      113
 Cod                        458     21     134            173      184       90
 Pollock                    903      9     115             37      142       67
 Atka mackerel            9,287     63     374             25       96       22
 Rockfish                   144    180     130            460       81      110
 Thorney head               117     92      69          2,675       96      108
 Hairtail                   311    189     160            424       83       91
 Flounder                    90     77      91          1,562      107       90
 Sea bream                  578    118     136            908       83       66
 Yellowtail               1,831    123      73            580       77      107
 Spanish mackerel            51     34     155            209       86       37
 Tanner crab                103    151     654            175       39       32
 Herring                     27     33     168            166      122       42
 Cuttlefish                  21     57     150            350      102       78
 Octopus                    851    114     104            359      101       82
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               696     73      53          2,050       81       86
 Albacore tuna            1,328    386      22            303      104      104
 Bigeye                   2,167     89      83            606       72       72
 Yellowfin tuna           1,122     90     105            397       76       71
 Striped marlin             175    145     226            261       61       46
 Swordfish                  193     97     112            590       96       82
 Skipjack tuna           24,667    118     122            191       96      110
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water          11,089     77      88            169       97       98
  Coastal                   659    274      16            229      106      137
Flying squid              9,101  6,173     234            222      107       67
Cod                         191    459      12            239      103      107
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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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