AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN

OCTOBER 2005

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                             October                    January - October   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                 25    1,609                 4,038    1,323
 Albacore tuna               608      513                16,494      337
 Bigeye tuna               1,347    1,099                 6,836      910 
 Yellowfin tuna              309      680                 8,219      576
 Striped marlin              104      853                 1,734      493 
 Swordfish                   485      760                 3,955      829 
 Skipjack tuna             9,924      204                91,194      185
 Japanese sardine            309      386                 9,522      236 
 Round herring               686       62                11,481       84
 Anchovy                   2,216       35               111,652       24
 Jack mackerel            10,273      129               109,314      161 
 Mackerel-scad               561      101                 9,015      120 
 Pacific mackerel         87,195       44               397,020       49
 Saury                    75,173       38               166,231       68
 Cod                       2,391      300                27,976      194
 Pollock                  10,165       60                83,110       79
 Atka mackerel            13,093       35                79,602       49
 Japanese flying squid    11,815      236                49,402      206
 Flying squid                241      135                   722      154  
 Yellowtail                2,935      219                11,412      388  
 Flatfish                    955      410                 9,191      378 
 Sea bream                   618      800                 5,852      758
 Tanner crab                   -        -                   288      424
 Octopus                     503      373                 5,537      357
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                272    2,090                   903    2,177
 Albacore tuna               976      379                13,944      374
 Bigeye tuna               1,709      683                17,322      606
 Yellowfin tuna            3,324      225                25,810      234
 Striped marlin                0       83                     4      170 
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        - 
 Skipjack tuna            23,277      105               208,148      107
 Pollock                       -        -                 4,070      132 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 5,476      218 
  Coastal                  9,259      268                35,229      251 
 Flying squid              1,940       85                35,509      115
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
- ... zero
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

02/27/2008


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