Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, April 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                162     70     107          4,779     357       95
 Albacore tuna            4,182    112     154            242      86       74
 Bigeye tuna                342     86     107          1,139     113      104
 Yellowfin                  604    117     113          1,112     108       83
 Striped Marlin             313    209     236            629      65       69
 Swordfish                  597    108     115            890      86       90
 Skipjack tuna            1,138    101      65            565     132      124
 Sardine                  7,032    168      75             57      77       95
 Jack mackerel           24,501    192     158            119      76       52
 Mackerel - scad            992     43      32            115     103       87
 Pacific mackerel        25,818    120      85             71      76      115
 Saury                        3     34      64            124      89      165
 Japanese flying squid      857     95      52            488     117      134
 Flying squid                 4     73      18            123     104       58
 Flatfish                 2,672     88     101            337      84       81
 Cod                      2,479     75     102            104      69       94
 Pollock                 19,398     79      88             86      95       89
 Atka mackerel           21,454    172     138             22      96       50
 Rockfish                    77    151      37          1,201      95      169
 Thorney head               214    160      91          2,721      81      101
 Hairtail                   242     35      97            298     100       66
 Flounder                   117    102      86          1,592      81       83
 Sea bream                  666     99      83          1,018      85      101
 Yellowtail               2,754     98     126            607      99       83
 Spanish mackerel           177     46     186            507      77       38
 Tanner crab                 79    151      32            651      61       78
 Herring                    263     73     140            276     133       56
 Cuttlefish                 153     63     104            373      90       84
 Octopus                    395     98      66            407     103       93
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               337     52     125          3,087      99      294
 Albacore tuna              339     17      84            291     114      101
 Bigeye                   3,563     91     132            744     108       79
 Yellowfin tuna           1,505    100     100            520      95       89
 Striped marlin             194     76     159            453      84       84
 Swordfish                  327    107     174            531      87       75
 Skipjack tuna           17,076    102     117            218     125      128
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           9,655   1000     230            136      91       66
  Coastal                   120     18     264            192     124       87
Flying squid                893     30     258            101      59       31
Cod                         803    105      72            217     158      118
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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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