Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, November 2000
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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               35      206    250          1,358       80       64
 Albacore tuna           2,178      264     61            440       78      157
 Bigeye tuna               926       96     81          1,901       98      110
 Yellowfin tuna            266      109     67          1,033      111      111
 Striped Marlin            228       71     99            779      152      102
 Swordfish                 558       88    109            798      129      106
 Skipjack tuna           4,863       52    457            249      110       49
 Sardine                 6,839      411    271             71       43       82
 Jack mackerel           8,905      138     94            129       67      103
 Mackerel - scad         2,840       71     81            102      119       85
 Pacific mackerel       21,706       61     63            125      149      137
 Saury                  24,390       33    163            101       94       61
 Japanese flying squid  28,228       97    223             89       91       43
 Flying squid               46        6      -            157       89      628
 Flatfish                2,149      122     81            441       95      120
 Cod                     4,016      152     89            329      138      104
 Pollock                12,750       57     90            109      237      237
 Atka mackerel          11,553       88     65             47      109      162
 Rockfish                   53       74      8            662      157      341
 Thorney head               78       94     45          3,112      112      179
 Hairtail                  335       81     92            334      104      120
 Flounder                  196       72    163            838      155       70
 Sea bream                 572       87     80            962      127      113
 Yellowtail              9,017       94    152            162      106       61
 Spanish mackerel          487       71    123            271      191       78
 Tanner crab               332      692     85          1,544      379      122
 Herring                    74       85    180            315      139       78
 Cuttlefish                 66      150     50            223       72       96
 Octopus                   630      138     59            405      129      120
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna              414       76     83          2,828      118      107
 Albacore tuna             560       16      8            393       82      130
 Bigeye tuna             2,112       98    112            879       82       80
 Yellowfin tuna          1,838      108    222            516       98       63
 Striped marlin             95      158     74            710       61      133
 Swordfish                 118       76     84            706       86      102
 Skipjack tuna          17,114      105    148            125       89       91
 Japanese flying                       
  squid:                      
  Distant water            801       29     19            141       99       82
  Coastal                8,827      248     91            128       87       70
Flying squid            12,389       72    514            125      144       46
Cod                        134      141     64            273       92       96
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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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