Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, January 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                 8     44      46          3,433       84      83
 Albacore tuna            2,786     59      76            346      104     114
 Bigeye tuna                452     35      96          1,364       83      98
 Yellowfin                  255     63      63            928       97      88
 Striped Marlin              91     47      76          1,120       88     103
 Swordfish                  546     88     112            929      101      97
 Skipjack tuna              187     41     289            306       59      61
 Sardine                  3,236    193       8             79      101     255
 Jack mackerel            9,035     60     116            140      144      66
 Mackerel - scad          2,101    159      66            140       85      83
 Pacific mackerel        69,888     76     153             71      108      78
 Saury                       52      7      61             61       87      45
 Japanese flying squid    1,725     21      81            258      139      94
 Flying squid                 2    103      27            148      389     180
 Flatfish                 2,908    104     136            434       92      92
 Cod                      6,483     94      97            234       75     100
 Pollock                 21,025    152     136             80      114      63
 Atka mackerel           17,479    107     139             23       77      63
 Rockfish                   119    114      56            545       54      89
 Thorney head                78     67      71          3,348       98      89
 Hairtail                   982    220     129            333       98      96
 Flounder                   135     55      90          1,765      124      93
 Sea bream                  486     59      88          1,288      106     100
 Yellowtail               2,665     82     117            539       61      83
 Spanish mackerel           201     62      79            861      130     158
 Tanner crab                 66     23      43          1,876       92     124
 Herring                     40     94      28            366      102      95
 Cuttlefish                 237     80      99            466      135     115
 Octopus                    623     57     109            322       85      76
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna             1,580    134      67          3,277      160     110
 Albacore tuna              519     49      92            331      107     130
 Bigeye                   1,786     42      73            746       81      81
 Yellowfin tuna             773     35      53            547      116     100
 Striped marlin             105     35     121            531       85     121
 Swordfish                  231     64     105            726       97     102
 Skipjack tuna           13,112    190      91            226      104     143
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           4,149    321     321            133       78      61
  Coastal                   476     23      70            164      103      61
Flying squid              5,440     35      79            161       93      66
Cod                       1,074    386     108            185      125      93
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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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