Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, July 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               773     19     103          1,961      211      149
 Albacore tuna              885     19      24            339      141      150
 Bigeye tuna                522    129     284            884      153       96
 Yellowfin tuna           1,285     64     180            673      152      102
 Striped Marlin             238    148      52            359      108      160
 Swordfish                  304     82      67            736       96       99
 Skipjack tuna           15,139    231      48            179       59      119
 Sardine                 47,820    113     401             46       85       69
 Jack mackerel            8,107     62      51            337      143      161
 Mackerel - scad            662     55      71            152      119      114
 Pacific mackerel         7,892     91      35            115      121      172
 Saury                        6    150       6          1,520      483      337
 Japanese flying squid    5,228    145     213            239       96       62
 Flying squid                 1    100     100             44       11       81
 Flatfish                   730     74     105            417      106       81
 Cod                        667     40     146            148      129       86
 Pollock                  1,297     10     144             40       11      108
 Atka mackerel            2,598     38      28             78      137      312
 Rockfish                   116    297      81            565       93      123
 Thorney head                83     88      71          3,324      109      124
 Hairtail                   269    150      86            337       95       79
 Flounder                    72     65      77          1,646      120      106
 Sea bream                  661    107     110            787      102       88
 Yellowtail               1,068     88      55            900      108      149
 Spanish mackerel            47     40      92            437      148      209
 Tanner crab                 16      7   1,600            557      120       94
 Herring                      7     11      26            355      175      214
 Cuttlefish                  14     24      67            366      128      105
 Octopus                    618     95      76            440      110      112
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               340     74      49          2,399       70      117
 Albacore tuna            8,082    136     609            326      107      108
 Bigeye tuna              2,498    126     115            933       88      154
 Yellowfin tuna             877    120      78            767       96      193
 Striped marlin             140    389      80            392      109      150
 Swordfish                  215    182     111            740       93      125
 Skipjack tuna           16,932    166      69            145       95       76
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water          23,219    134     209            156       94       92
  Coastal                 1,668    431     253            175       87       76
Flying squid              6,335 70,389      70            207       98       93
Cod                         466  2,741     244            218       92       91
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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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