Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, March 1999
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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                84    600      37          3,625       72      271
 Albacore tuna            3,201    119      86            335      111      119
 Bigeye tuna                610    104     153          1,104       91      110
 Yellowfin tuna             340     82      66          1,030      118      100
 Striped Marlin             191    108     127            688      112       71
 Swordfish                  557    103     101            956      107       92
 Skipjack tuna            1,028    142      91            401      110       94
 Sardine                  9,778     49     234             67      118       91
 Jack mackerel            9,462    131      74            224      101      143
 Mackerel - scad          3,106     63     135            117      127      104
 Pacific mackerel        14,437    106      67            133       93      143
 Saury                        0      0       0            333      628      240
 Japanese flying squid      940     53     104            461      135      111
 Flying squid               165    458   3,300            183      398      155
 Flatfish                 3,009    106      99            427       96      106
 Cod                      3,282     74     100            180       65      120
 Pollock                 31,346    109     128             76       88       84
 Atka mackerel           11,562     79      93             32       73      139
 Rockfish                   104     81     204            736      109       58
 Thorney head                78    126      58          3,872      103      115
 Hairtail                   205     21      30            391      142      132
 Flounder                   110    106      96          1,905      105       97
 Sea bream                  876    137     131            913      100       76
 Yellowtail               1,769    132      63            752       95      123
 Spanish mackerel           131     11      34            462      162       70
 Tanner crab                 43     88      83            921       69       86
 Herring                     26     16       7            590      254      284
 Cuttlefish                 241    160     100            406      116       98
 Octopus                    392     87      97            418      114      106
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               979    155     151          2,825      115       91
 Albacore tuna            1,661    199      85            236      144       93
 Bigeye tuna              4,651    123     119            885       82      129
 Yellowfin tuna           2,732    178     182            616      101      112
 Striped marlin             234    123      92            282       82       52
 Swordfish                  444    144     146            556       97       91
 Skipjack tuna           17,596    152     106            174      127       99
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water           2,264  1,583     210            148       91      105
  Coastal                   131     60      23            280       85      163
Flying squid              4,225     64     144            221      104      129
Cod                         688     74      90            215       84      157
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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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