Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, October 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                39     55      32          2,242      130      167
 Albacore tuna            1,385    198      92            370       73       90
 Bigeye tuna              1,189    145      88          1,702      101      109
 Yellowfin                1,038    152     284            701       82       81
 Striped Marlin             343     71     101            429      175       67
 Swordfish                  300     99      67          1,013      112      116
 Skipjack tuna           11,528     87     130            149       87       68
 Sardine                  2,748     97      36            145      169      242
 Jack mackerel           13,421     65      58            140      112      179
 Mackerel - scad          4,599     84     112            123       92       85
 Pacific mackerel        61,625    202      68             89       95      168
 Saury                   46,067     85      53            209      114      271
 Japanese flying squid    7,644     87      23            278      117      234
 Flying squid             1,326     75     257            259      123      118
 Flatfish                 2,213    175     117            397       88       83
 Cod                      4,413    110     184            211      183       64
 Pollock                 18,860     91     118             33      127       73
 Atka mackerel           21,294    144     118             32      139       73
 Rockfish                   227    133     225            420      100       61
 Thorney head               120    103     126          2,831      107       91
 Hairtail                   442     91     165            299      114       58
 Flounder                   147    102      73          1,218      103      128
 Sea bream                  740    106     123            839       99       82
 Yellowtail               4,397    195     121            368       66       74
 Spanish mackerel           150    131     118            410      106       68
 Tanner crab                 23    364     121            564       78       61
 Herring                    228    133     221            214      230      181
 Cuttlefish                 211    163     179            281      125       77
 Octopus                    656    126      91            317      102       96
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna             1,151     59     106          2,230       87       93
 Albacore tuna            3,650     61      64            332       99       89
 Bigeye                   2,673    102     124            906      104       89
 Yellowfin tuna           1,625    124     156            496      100       86
 Striped marlin             227    102     159            451       92       65
 Swordfish                  297     77      95            634       86       79
 Skipjack tuna           14,276     90     253            163       92       66
 Japanese flying              
  squid:                       
  Distant water           9,452    430     169            192      105      128
  Coastal                 6,618     83      53            231      126      140
Flying squid              3,990     81      64            271      106      110
Cod                          81     24      14            296       89      132
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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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