AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT 49 LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
MARCH 2003
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                          Sales Volume                   Exvessel Prices      
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                     Metric Tons     A(%)                Yen/kg     A(%)     
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Fresh:
 Bluefin tuna                 15       68                 6,936      153
 Albacore tuna             2,500      106                   286       87
 Bigeye tuna                 397       95                   915       97
 Yellowfin tuna              589      211                   678       80
 Striped Marlin               97      131                   654       84
 Swordfish                   358       63                   937      101
 Skipjack tuna               935      166                   199       41
 Japanese sardine            382      341                   440       66
 Round herring               409      196                   140      106
 Anchovy                  27,646      113                    25       58
 Jack mackerel            11,817      170                   161       78
 Mackerel-scad             2,377      127                   103       95
 Pacific mackerel         15,573      107                   113       94
 Saury                         1       33                   183      120
 Cod                         790      110                   282       98
 Pollock                  12,032      153                    71       81
 Atka mackerel            10,282      106                    27      104
 Japanese flying squid       401       73                   411      117
 Flying squid                  -        -                     -        -
 Yellowtail                1,561      116                   481      130
 Flatfish                    302       54                   464      105
 Sea bream                   551      146                   769       74
 Tanner crab                   0        -                   445      107
 Octopus                     322      149                   346      106
 
Frozen:                  
 Bluefin tuna                222      152                 1,805       97
 Albacore tuna               264       80                   196       99
 Bigeye tuna               2,966      194                   607       85
 Yellowfin tuna            2,095       75                   286      178
 Striped Marlin                2        -                   237      150
 Swordfish                     1      100                   471       88
 Skipjack tuna            31,922      155                    88       75
 Pollock                   1,075       97                   181      133
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water               11        1                   368      279
  Coastal                    141       42                   230      119
 Flying squid              2,985       69                   233      123
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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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