Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, May 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               286    311      68          1,875       39       84
 Albacore tuna            5,916    218     437            274       86       78
 Bigeye tuna                347     58     161            691       64       82
 Yellowfin tuna           1,150    325     157            530       53       70
 Striped Marlin             203    135      62            371       58      105
 Swordfish                  405     69      97            765       89       94
 Skipjack tuna            5,975  1,509      84            281       43      126
 Sardine                 20,918    176     149             64       90      152
 Jack mackerel           15,808    175      37            201       81      201
 Mackerel - scad          1,198     65     174            135      107       95
 Pacific mackerel        22,343    212      85             78       59      170
 Saury                        0      0       0            156      325      143
 Japanese flying squid    1,270    110     113            391       77       87
 Flying squid                16     89     277             69       81       95
 Flatfish                 2,063     76     112            372       94       95
 Cod                      2,783    106     102            109       71      124
 Pollock                 17,152     53      71             42       54      120
 Atka mackerel           15,297    116     115             38      106      146
 Rockfish                    98     43     150            608      127       59
 Thorney head               128     81      87          2,992      102      110
 Hairtail                   227     91     103            412      119      107
 Flounder                   115     97     109          1,534       93       98
 Sea bream                  718     74     117            808      101       85
 Yellowtail               2,076     58     115            538      103       85
 Spanish mackerel           151    132      56            278       45      104
 Tanner crab                490    144     295            549       91       85
 Herring                     30     14      62            481      125      103
 Cuttlefish                 108     45     126            326       90      101
 Octopus                    446    123      83            450       97      118
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna               213     44      78          1,136       37       41
 Albacore tuna              419     94     305            280       92       62
 Bigeye tuna              1,786     69     127          1,178      126      179
 Yellowfin tuna             625     51     122            753      127      156
 Striped marlin              87     80     196            369      123       79
 Swordfish                  122     57     145            610      115       90
 Skipjack tuna           22,693    167     113            163      103       75
 Japanese flying               
  squid:                       
  Distant water          21,814    115     139            144      117       95
  Coastal                    12     38      11            360      117      173
Flying squid                  1      -       0            170       73      143
Cod                         213     33     471            220       73      159
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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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