AVERAGE EXVESSEL PRICES AND SALES VOLUME AT MAJOR LANDING PORTS IN JAPAN
DECEMBER 2005
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                            December                   January - December   
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                     Metric Tons   Yen/kg           Metric Tons   Yen/kg
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Fresh:                                       
 Bluefin tuna                  3    3,016                 4,050    1,324
 Albacore tuna             2,485      369                20,214      344
 Bigeye tuna               1,119    1,296                 9,413      989 
 Yellowfin tuna              208      912                 8,703      590
 Striped marlin               66    1,177                 1,924      544 
 Swordfish                   578      805                 5,043      819 
 Skipjack tuna               270      189                95,455      190   
 Japanese sardine             22      381                 9,763      240 
 Round herring               455       58                14,445       74
 Anchovy                   1,313       44               113,995       24
 Jack mackerel             7,599      138               126,464      156 
 Mackerel-scad             1,904       81                12,072      112 
 Pacific mackerel         51,970       61               515,878       53
 Saury                        98       57               198,556       64
 Cod                       3,108      449                34,373      232 
 Pollock                   6,604      120                98,195       83
 Atka mackerel            12,430       35               111,056       45
 Japanese flying squid     6,637      223                69,579      213
 Flying squid                  0      105                   729      154  
 Yellowtail                3,228      409                20,433      344  
 Flatfish                  1,217      572                11,469      413 
 Sea bream                   594      893                 6,983      776 
 Tanner crab                  43      341                   376      481
 Octopus                     492      476                 6,631      371
 
Frozen:                                                                 
 Bluefin tuna                187    1,785                 1,371    2,077 
 Albacore tuna               316      323                15,615      370
 Bigeye tuna               2,004      639                22,339      617
 Yellowfin tuna            2,819      195                30,584      232
 Striped marlin                0      658                     5      208 
 Swordfish                     -        -                     -        - 
 Skipjack tuna            21,464      102               246,460      106
 Pollock                       -        -                 4,070      132 
 Japanese flying                                                        
  squid:                                                                
  Distant water                -        -                 5,476      218 
  Coastal                  3,853      269                47,507      255 
 Flying squid                569      105                38,852      115
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0 ... more than zero but less than 0.5 metic ton
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12/10/13


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