Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, January 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               101  1,010   1,263          1,735       57       51
 Albacore tuna            2,403     60      86            289      125       84
 Bigeye tuna                661     60     146          1,373       73      101
 Yellowfin tuna             270     47     106            955       93      103
 Striped Marlin             229     70     252            537       88       48
 Swordfish                  379     66      69            926      103      100
 Skipjack tuna              473     98     253            239       87       78
 Sardine                  7,335     44     227             79      136      100
 Jack mackerel            8,537    114      94            179      109      128
 Mackerel - scad          5,062    103     241            112      101       80
 Pacific mackerel        26,968     68      39            115       72      162
 Saury                      614     55   1,181            116      123      190
 Japanese flying squid    1,716     66      99            336       82      130
 Flying squid                18    600     900             20       16       14
 Flatfish                 2,277    107      78            433       89      100
 Cod                      5,544     98      86            284       77      121
 Pollock                 18,523    164      88             73      140       91
 Atka mackerel            5,985     40      34             43      159      187
 Rockfish                   182     84     153            466       79       86
 Thorney head                41     20      53          4,518      207      135
 Hairtail                   464     78      47            186       76       56
 Flounder                   115     64      85          1,806      126      102
 Sea bream                  674     69     139            928       95       72
 Yellowtail               1,846     44      69            755      147      140
 Spanish mackerel           219     51     109            354       77       41
 Tanner crab                 90     33     136          1,233       86       66
 Herring                    674    226   1,685            133       63       36
 Cuttlefish                 286     44     121            296       98       64
 Octopus                    826     67     133            293       88       91
Frozen:                                                                        
 Bluefin tuna               705     44      45          1,793       60       55
 Albacore tuna            1,066    102     205            204      100       62
 Bigeye tuna              2,571     68     144            974       93      131
 Yellowfin tuna           1,825    119     236            496       96       91
 Striped marlin             141     53     134            431      133       81
 Swordfish                  284     80     123            603      110       83
 Skipjack tuna           12,399     90      95            140       90       62
 Japanese flying                                                               
  squid:                                                                       
  Distant water             756    206      18            195       98      147
  Coastal                   233     12      49            345      107      210
Flying squid              5,666     67     104            233       99      145
Cod                       1,665    241     155            298      120      161
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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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