Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, November 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                36     93     213          2,295      102      135
 Albacore tuna            2,878    208     108            241       65       74
 Bigeye tuna              1,021     86     107          1,804      106      100
 Yellowfin tuna             501     48     169            839      120       84
 Striped Marlin             294     86     134            505      118       62
 Swordfish                  455    152      73            812       80      108
 Skipjack tuna            2,622     23      69            343      230       98
 Sardine                  5,053    184     109            104       72      173
 Jack mackerel            9,785     73      43            150      107      227
 Mackerel - scad          5,906    128     463            110       89       71
 Pacific mackerel        38,594     63      32            102      115      222
 Saury                   21,467     47      39            163       78      326
 Japanese flying squid    7,241     95      30            302      109      254
 Flying squid                41      3     230             73       28       32
 Flatfish                 2,335    106      88            404      102      105
 Cod                      5,520    125     130            289      137      107
 Pollock                 13,809     73      86             56      170      110
 Atka mackerel           19,353     91     103             35      109      130
 Rockfish                   500    220     783            275       65       32
 Thorney head               106     88     111          2,238       79       77
 Hairtail                   475    107     158            262       88       50
 Flounder                   155    105      94          1,262      104      102
 Sea bream                  721     97     140            862      103       73
 Yellowtail               4,428    101     164            374      102       62
 Spanish mackerel           198    132     119            365       89       55
 Tanner crab                266  1,132     154          1,618      287       68
 Herring                    104     46     243            178       83       41
 Cuttlefish                 192     91     126            264       94       87
 Octopus                  1,171    178     124            303       96       84
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               470     41     155          2,516      113       99
 Albacore tuna              768     21      25            236       71       76
 Bigeye tuna              3,725    139     106          1,002      111       98
 Yellowfin tuna           2,165    133     115            311       63       72
 Striped marlin             190     84      85            281       62       50
 Swordfish                  266     89     116            562       89       76
 Skipjack tuna           13,236     93     144            139       85       54
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           4,942     52     161            214      111      147
  Coastal                 3,703     56     131            288      125      166
Flying squid             10,902    273      69            263       97      135
Cod                         160    197      18            266       90      136
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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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