Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, November 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               14      140     39          2,113       76       92
 Albacore tuna           3,544      154    123            280       87      116
 Bigeye tuna             1,138      111    111          1,731       99       96
 Yellowfin tuna            395       87     79            933      110      111
 Striped Marlin            230      141     78            761      113      151
 Swordfish                 513      122    113            751       96       92
 Skipjack tuna           1,064       12     41            507      216      148
 Sardine                 2,520        9     50             87      235       84
 Jack mackerel           9,502      127     97            125       69       83
 Mackerel - scad         3,499       96     59            118      109      107
 Pacific mackerel       34,580       97     90             91      101       89
 Saury                  14,941       30     70            165      107      101
 Japanese flying squid  12,646      127    175            205       94       68
 Flying squid                0        0      0             25       14       18
 Flatfish                2,642      104    113            365      105       91
 Cod                     4,512      155     82            315      140      109
 Pollock                14,162       91    103             46      148       82
 Atka mackerel          17,734       98     92             29       83       83
 Rockfish                  675       96    135            194       98       71
 Thorney head              175      164    165          1,736       69       78
 Hairtail                  367       89     77            279       99      106
 Flounder                  115       89     72          1,228      107       97
 Sea bream                 700       95     96            864      110      101
 Yellowtail              6,005       80    130            264       89       66
 Spanish mackerel          384       90    194            352      102       96
 Tanner crab               392    1,265    146          1,264      217       79
 Herring                    41      315     39            405      122      228
 Cuttlefish                132      120     69            233      100       88
 Octopus                 1,065      166     91            338      113      111
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna              498       33    106          2,636       94      105
 Albacore tuna           6,694      178    872            303       92      128
 Bigeye tuna             1,889      120     51          1,093       86      109
 Yellowfin tuna            849       70     39            798       97      257
 Striped marlin            128      128     67            535       66      190
 Swordfish                 140       64     53            693       85      123
 Skipjack tuna          11,545      100     87            138      103       99
 Japanese flying              
  squid:                      
  Distant water          4,254       77     86            171      106       80
  Coastal                9,660      169    261            184       95       64
Flying squid             2,412       70     22            274      114      104
Cod                        211      132    132            283      106      106
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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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