All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchnge
rates are: 137-142 yen = U.S.$1.00 for June 22 - July 3, 1998.
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Species Origin Price range (yen/kg)
High Average low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh, G & H
June 30 Sales volume 8 fish Boston 11,500 - 7,650 - 5,000
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
July 3 Sales volume 53 fish Fiji 5,300 - 2,208 - 700
July 1 Sales volume 10 fish Guam 2,100 - 1,900 - 1,500
July 2 Sales volume 84 fish Pohnpei 3,500 - 1,539 - 1,000
July 3 Sales volume 127 fish Bali 3,500 - 1,091 - 400
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
June 30 Sales volume 23 fish Bali 2,300 - 1,089 - 500
SEA URCHIN ROE (fresh)
(Date of sale) (Sales volume)
July 3 240 trays North Korea 2,000 - 1,500/tray*
June 29 910 trays Chile 1,800 - 1,000/tray*
June 29 1,574 trays San Francisco 3,600 - 800/tray*
June 26 158 trays Los Angeles 5,500 - 2,500/tray*
July 3 361 trays China 3,700 - 800/tray*
June 26 3,291 packs 800 - 100/pack**
* (tray=280-380 grams in net weight)
** (pack= 100 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE
Salted, processed, frozen roe
Grade A U.S.A. Large 3,000 - 1,500
Medium 3,500 - 2,000
Small 2,700 - 1,600
HERRING ROE
Salted products Canada Large 5,200 - 4,800
Grade A Medium 4,500 - 3,800
Small 4,000 - 3,300
HERRING ROE ON KELP Canada 7,500 - 5,000
San Francisco 5,500 - 4,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO)
Salted, processed
Red : Grade A 3,400 - 3,300
Copper River Grade B 3,000 - 2,900
Grade C 2,600 - 2,500
Chum: Grade A 2,700 - 2,600
Grade B 2,300 - 2,200
Grade C 1,900 - 1,800
Pink: Grade A 1,500 - 1,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA)
Japan Top grade 5,500 - 5,300
Standard grade 5,000 - 4,700
Alaska 3,700 - 3,500
SEA CUCUMBER Japan -
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAB)
C. bairdi, section with claws,
cooked frozen, shrink-pack, 5 L 2,700 - 2,100
5 kg-carton Alaska 4 L 2,300 - 1,800
SABLEFISH (BLACK COD)
Frozen, dressed over 7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,220
Alaska & Canada 5-7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,220
4-5 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,200
3-4 lbs/fish 1,200
2-3 lbs/fish 1,150 - 1,050
1-2 lbs/fish 1,000 - 850
SALMON
Red: frozen Bristol Bay 2-4 lbs/fish 720 - 700
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 920 - 900
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 920 - 900
Kodiak 2-4 lbs/fish 750 - 720
(dressed,IQF, 4-6 lbs/fish 950 - 900
grade A) 6-9 lbs/fish 950 - 900
Red: fresh, wild, Alaska 4-6 kg/fish 1,600 - 1,500
Silver: frozen Chile 2-4 lbs/fish 570 - 550
(dressed) 4-6 lbs/fish 670 - 650
6-9 lbs/fish 670 - 650
King: frozen, Alaska 11-18 lbs/fish -
King: fresh New Zealand 4-5 kg/fish 1,100 - 1,050
Atlantic: fresh, semi-dressed
Norway (standard grade) 3-4 kg/fish 1,050- 1,000
SARDINE (fresh) June 30
Japan Extra large 800 - 600
ABALONE (live)
Japan Ezo 11,000 - 8,000
Kuro 7,500 - 7,000
Aka 6,500 - 6,000
Mata 8,500 - 7,000
Australia 5,000 - 4,800
SURIMI (frozen)
Ship-processed: SA 420
FA 380
Land-processed: 400 - 280
ROCK SOLE with roe L 520 - 500
M 500
S 400 - 380
FLOUNDER (fresh) June 30 Japan 2,500 - 1,500
U.S.A.
China 1,300
Hong Kong
OYSTER (fresh) Japan, Oofunato
Japan, Hiroshima
Japan, Mie
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu