WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET

August 18-27, 2001
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rate is:
120 yen = U.S.$1.00 for, August 18-27, 2001.

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Species   Date of sale   Sales     Origin            Price range (yen/kg)
           (Month/date)   volume                      High  Average  Low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
          08/23         50 fish    New Zealand         2,500-2,000-1,300
                           fish    Australia                            
          08/23          6 fish    Canada              7,000-4,580-2,900
          08/24         25 fish    Boston              4,800-3,687-3,000
          08/23          6 fish    Italy               3,300-2,100-1,300
                           fish    Turkey                               
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
          08/27         22 fish    New Zealand         4,000-2,078-1,200
          08/27         19 fish    Australia           5,500-2,770-1,500
          08/24         38 fish    Sri Lanka           2,000-1,231-  750
          08/21         27 fish    Maldive             2,500-1,355-  500
          08/23         27 fish    Fiji                2,900-1,300-  700
                           fish                                         
          08/20         42 fish    Bali                1,700-1,059-  600
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
                           fish    Bali                                 
          08/23         20 fish    Sri Lanka           1,500-1,042-  500
          08/27         18 fish    Australia           4,000-1,865-1,200
     
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
          08/27      2,343 trays   China               2,500-  600/tray*
          08/24        438 trays   Alaska              1,400-  800/tray*
          08/24        848 trays   Chile               1,500-1,200/tray*
          08/27      1,934 trays   Los Angeles         5,000-  500/tray*
          08/27      1,094 trays   San Francisco       2,600-  500/tray*
                           trays   North America (green sea urchin)     
                                                                  /tray*
          08/18        138 trays   Oregon              1,200-   300/tray*
                           trays   Canada                         /tray*
          08/24         43 trays   Korea, South          900-  850/tray*
          08/27      2,816 trays   Japan (white)      10,000-1,000/tray*
          08/27      1,012 trays   Japan (red)         7,000-2,000/tray*
               *(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
                         Fresh  Japan      Top grade        5,500-4,000
                                                                    
                         Frozen    Grade 1  Small                 3,500
                                            Medium                4,300
                                   Grade 2  Small                 2,800
                                            Medium                3,200
HERRING ROE, salted
                              Canada       Large            4,800-4,500
                                           Medium                 4,200
                                           Small                  4,000
                              San Francisco  Large          3,600-3,400
                                           Medium           3,500-3,200
                                           Small            3,400-3,100
HERRING ROE ON KELP
                              Canada                         5,000-3,000
                              San Francisco                             
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
                    Sockeye   Kodiak
                                        Grade 1              3,300-3,200
                                        Grade 2              2,900-2,800
                                        Grade 3              2,500-2,400
                              Bristol Bay 
                                        Grade 1              3,200-3,100
                                        Grade 2              2,800-2,700
                                        Grade 3              2,400-2,300
                    King      Copper River
                                        Grade 1                         
                                        Grade 2                         
                                        Grade 3                         
                    Chum        Bristol Bay
                                        Grade 1              3,300-3,200
                                        Grade 2              2,900-2,800
                                        Grade 3              2,500-2,400
               Salmon-trout   Northern Europe
                                             Grade 1         3,800-3,700
                                             Grade 2         3,400-3,300
               Coho           Chile
                                           Grade 1                      
                                           Grade 2                      
                                           Grade 3                      
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
                              Japan     Top grade                  5,000
                                        Standard grade       4,500-4,300
                              Import                         4,600-3,600
SALMON ROE (SUJIKL), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Russia                         2,600-2,400
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Japan                          4,800-4,000
SALMON
     Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
                              Bristol Bay
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 600- 580
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 600- 580
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 560- 540
                              Cook Inlet
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 630- 620
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 620- 600
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 650- 640
                              Southeast
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 700- 680
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 650- 640
     King, frozen
                              New Zealand
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 750- 700
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 750- 700

     Coho, frozen, dressed
                              Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 420- 400
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 420- 400
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 400- 380
     Trout, frozen dressed    Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 420- 400
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 420- 400
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 400- 380
                              Europe
                                   1.8-2.7 kg/fish              430- 400
                                   2.7-3.6 kg/fish              430- 400
                                   3.6-4.5 kg/fish              410- 380
     Atlantic, frozen, dressed     Norway
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  400- 350
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  500- 450
                                   5-6 kg/fish                  500- 450
                              Chile
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  450- 350
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  450- 350
     Atlantic, fresh, semi-dressed
                              Norway
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  750- 650
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  800- 700
                              Chile
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  800- 700
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  850- 750
                              Scotland, semi-dressed
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  850- 800
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  900- 850
     King, fresh              New Zealand
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  850- 750

ABALONE, live                 Japan  Kuro (Kyushu)                 8,500
                                    Ezo: 400-500 gm        10,500-11,000
                                        About 300 gm        10,000      
                                        About 200 gm        10,000-9,500
                                    Tokobushi                3,500-2,500
                              Australia                      6,000-5,500
                              Taiwan  Tokobushi              2,500-2,000

SARDINE, fresh, large              Japan                           1,500

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed         Alaska& Canada                       
                                   Over 7 lbs/fish           1,330-1,300
                                   5-7 lbs/fish              1,300-1,230
                                   4-5 lbs/fish              1,230-1,200
                                   3-4 lbs/fish              1,150-1,130
                                   2-3 lbs/fish              1,050-1,030
                                   1-2 lbs/fish                950-  900
SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw, cooked frozen,
     shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton Alaska    5 L                  2,300-2,100
                                        4 L                  2,200-1,800

ROCK SOLE, with roe                          L                  500- 490
                                             M                  500- 490
                                             S                          

SURIMI, frozen                Ship-processed: SA                450- 380
                              Ship-processed: FA                400     
                              Land-processed:                   380- 250

FLOUNDER, fresh
                              Japan                          6,000-3,000
                              U.S.A.                         2,300-1,700
                              Korea, North                        -     
                              China                                     

Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
                              Japan
                                         3 kg/fish            1,000- 500
                                   2.5-2.6 kg/fish              600- 200
                                         2 kg/fish                      
                                   1.7-1.8 kg/fish                 -    

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Source:   NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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