AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT 49 LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
FEBRUARY 2003
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Sales Volume                   Exvessel Prices      
                    -------------------------         -------------------------
                     Metric Tons     A(%)                Yen/kg     A(%)     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                  8      160                 7,249      126
 Albacore tuna             2,628       87                   252       93
 Bigeye tuna                 407       76                   931       94
 Yellowfin tuna              473      172                   694       82
 Striped Marlin              144      124                   717       79
 Swordfish                   454       94                   780       87
 Skipjack tuna             1,203       94                   180       78 
 Japanese sardine            173       66                   609      165
 Round herring               126      135                   154      102
 Anchovy                  39,439      125                    23       47
 Jack mackerel            11,325      189                   135       61
 Mackerel-scad             2,734       60                   122      151
 Pacific mackerel         15,734       79                   114      113
 Saury                         2       15                   179      156
 Cod                       2,227      130                   323       80
 Pollock                  13,116      154                   100      100
 Atka mackerel            10,868       99                    27      108
 Japanese flying squid     1,510       74                   227      114
 Flying squid                  -        -                     -        -
 Yellowtail                  474       25                   775      404
 Flatfish                    468       73                   474      119
 Sea bream                   391      123                   792       73
 Tanner crab                   0        -                   603      126
 Octopus                     367      152                   305       94
 
Frozen:                  
 Bluefin tuna                 85       75                 1,887      134
 Albacore tuna                40       34                   225       92
 Bigeye tuna               1,328      102                   582       83
 Yellowfin tuna            2,695      119                   206      127
 Striped Marlin                -        -                     -        -
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        -
 Skipjack tuna            13,129      121                    88       92
 Pollock                   1,075       64                   143      115
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                8       10                   339      273
  Coastal                    327       59                   234      120
 Flying squid              2,670      106                   239       90
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A = Comparison with the same period a year earlier.  

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

Fish Landings and Exvessel Prices
Japanese Market News
Southwest Region Home Page