AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
NOVEMBER 2005
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                            November                   January - November   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                  9    1,497                 4,047    1,323
 Albacore tuna             1,235      377                17,729      340
 Bigeye tuna               1,458    1,121                 8,294      947 
 Yellowfin tuna              275      765                 8,495      582
 Striped marlin              124      908                 1,858      521 
 Swordfish                   509      754                 4,464      821 
 Skipjack tuna             3,990      312                95,185      190
 Japanese sardine            219      391                 9,741      240 
 Round herring             2,509       33                13,990       74
 Anchovy                   1,030       38               112,682       24
 Jack mackerel             9,525      116               118,865      157 
 Mackerel-scad             1,152      103                10,168      118 
 Pacific mackerel         66,422       71               463,907       52
 Saury                    32,226       39               198,456       64
 Cod                       2,748      348                30,723      207 
 Pollock                   3,081       94                86,192       80
 Atka mackerel            19,006       36                98,608       47
 Japanese flying squid    13,516      233                62,918      212
 Flying squid                  6      148                   728      154  
 Yellowtail                5,794      219                17,205      331  
 Flatfish                    886      478                10,077      387 
 Sea bream                   537      836                 6,389      765
 Tanner crab                  45      978                   333      500
 Octopus                     601      418                 6,138      363
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                281    1,947                 1,184    2,123 
 Albacore tuna             1,355      343                15,299      371
 Bigeye tuna               3,012      669                20,335      615
 Yellowfin tuna            1,956      255                27,765      235
 Striped marlin                0      327                     5      186 
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        - 
 Skipjack tuna            16,775      103               224,996      107
 Pollock                       -        -                 4,070      132 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 5,476      218 
  Coastal                  8,425      267                43,654      254 
 Flying squid              2,774      115                38,283      115
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/10/13


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