Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan
January-December 2000
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                                Landings                       Exvessel Prices  
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                             Metric Tons   A(%)                 Yen/kg     A(%) 
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                     7,579     85                   1,215       99
 Albacore tuna                   25,561     72                     355      120
 Bigeye tuna                      6,466     75                   1,508      111
 Yellowfin tuna                   8,157     90                     659       97
 Striped Marlin                   2,629     87                     567      111
 Swordfish                        5,961    106                     778      100
 Skipjack tuna                   76,748    120                     162       71
 Sardine                         95,243     35                      91      172
 Jack mackerel                  122,460    109                     193       90
 Mackerel - scad                 21,686     67                     111       95
 Pacific mackerel               214,735     84                     105       97
 Saury                          206,523    157                     156       80
 Japanese flying squid          125,209    185                     130       59
 Flying squid                     1,382    523                     180      168
 Flatfish                        22,302     89                     432      106
 Cod                             34,707     91                     241      102
 Pollock                        179,458     87                      74      125
 Atka mackerel                  122,288     95                      34       89
 Rockfish                           724     28                     806      218
 Thorney head                     1,009     81                   2,955      102
 Hairtail                         6,084    129                     328      113
 Flounder                         1,732    119                   1,177       79
 Sea bream                        7,805     85                     895      107
 Yellowtail                      48,086    128                     269       60
 Spanish mackerel                 5,773    152                     296       90
 Tanner crab                      1,973     95                     922      105
 Herring                          1,200     79                     289      131
 Cuttlefish                         828     54                     328      103
 Octopus                          5,811     74                     381      104
Frozen:
 Bluefin tuna                     6,078     69                   2,452       98
 Albacore tuna                   27,308     55                     340      105
 Bigeye tuna                     27,850     93                     923       89
 Yellowfin tuna                  19,032    130                     577       84
 Striped marlin                   1,263     79                     542      109
 Swordfish                        2,236     81                     718      106
 Skipjack tuna                  193,422    114                     109       72
 Japanese flying
  squid:
  Distant water                  95,217     79                     140       93
  Coastal                        48,602    117                     123       68
Flying squid                     70,761    209                     115       51
Cod                               4,514     77                     218       81
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A. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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