Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, August 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            1,731       85     68          1,008       79       88
 Albacore tuna           1,087       66     72            396      135      120
 Bigeye tuna               514      219     61          1,519      171      116
 Yellowfin tuna          1,312      225    290            536       81       69
 Striped Marlin            595      238    113            340      101      107
 Swordfish                 499      134    156            606       80       88
 Skipjack tuna           9,235       83    107            169      116       72
 Sardine                 5,378       62     14            195      111      368
 Jack mackerel           6,534       87     99            269      112       83
 Mackerel - scad         1,198      261    225            106       91       42
 Pacific mackerel       12,048      119     72             98      114      100
 Saury                  27,656   10,596    183            224       11       67
 Japanese flying squid  22,817      334    206            118       57       64
 Flying squid              126      280  1,145            193       53      219
 Flatfish                  790      124    102            497      111       96
 Cod                       578      103    117            162       96      105
 Pollock                 1,178      164     30             55       68      229
 Atka mackerel           8,457      270    286             44       85       50
 Rockfish                   96      686     73            686       39      125
 Thorney head              116      232     91          2,419       73       92
 Hairtail                  323      107     84            396       92      122
 Flounder                   68       87     81          1,527       91       93
 Sea bream                 633      135     82            906       95      104
 Yellowtail              3,915      262    157            306       53       57
 Spanish mackerel           80      157    200            866      135      103
 Tanner crab                 0        -      -            266       44       45
 Herring                    21      350    420            159       35       45
 Cuttlefish                  6       86    100            323       73       92
 Octopus                   415       69     87            411      104       97
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna              216       27     39          2,725      143      146
 Albacore tuna           5,872       95    116            319      142       86
 Bigeye tuna             1,842       65     88            803      101       88
 Yellowfin tuna          1,744      139    218            521       91       68
 Striped marlin            111      144    100            411       83      122
 Swordfish                 185       92    104            665       97       95
 Skipjack tuna          14,553       80     69             79      132       48
 Japanese flying              
  squid:
  Distant water         10,782       81     73            174      106      118
  Coastal               16,666    1,529    216            108       70       65
Flying squid             8,498      133    400            141       81       64
Cod                         72       14     20            283      136      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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