All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
123-124 yen = U.S.$1.00 for June 18-26, 2001.
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Species Date of Sales Origin Price range (yen/kg)
sale volume High Average Low
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
June 22 2 fish New Zealand 2,000- 1,400
June 21 1 fish Taiwan 1,800
June 26 18 fish Spain 7,000- 4,662- 2,500
June 22 1 fish Boston 3,800
June 18 10 fish Italy 4,500- 2,860- 2,000
June 23 8 fish Turkey 4,300- 2,540- 1,300
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
June 25 25 fish New Zealand 4,000- 2,392- 900
June 26 90 fish Australia 6,300- 2,172- 700
June 21 43 fish Sri Lanka 1,700- 723- 400
June 18 36 fish Guam 1,800- 1,068- 600
June fish Ponape
June 26 31 fish Fiji 4,000- 1,910- 700
June fish Viet Nam
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
June fish Bali
June fish Fiji
June 21 5 fish Australia 2,500- 1,480- 800
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
June 26 3,381 trays China 3,300 - 900/tray*
June 20 84 trays Alaska 2,000 - 1,300/tray*
June 26 897 trays Chile 1,700 - 200/tray*
June 26 276 trays Los Angeles 4,000 - 700/tray*
June 23 156 trays San Francisco 2,600 - 1,100/tray*
trays North America (green sea urchin)
/tray*
June 23 240 trays Korea, North 2,700 - 2,400/tray*
June trays Canada /tray*
trays Oregon /tray*
June 26 684 trays Japan (white) 11,000 - 1,200/tray*
June 26 1,530 trays Japan (red) 8,500 - 1,200/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 Kenei
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Copper River
Grade 1 4,100-3,900
Grade 2 3,700-3,500
Grade 3 3,300-3,100
King Copper River
Grade 1 3,800-3,500
Grade 2 3,400-3,100
Grade 3 3,000-2,700
Chum Copper River
Grade 1 4,000-3,800
Grade 2 3,600-3,400
Grade 3 3,200-3,000
Salmon-trout Denmark
Good grade: Grade 1 4,000-3,900
Grade 2 3,500-3,400
Standard grade:
Grade 1 3,800-3,700
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Grade 3 3,000-2,900
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
Japan Top grade
Standard grade 4,800-4,300
Import, PWS 3,500-3,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 4,000-3,800
Japan 6,000-5,000
SALMON
Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
Alaska
2-4 lbs/fish 770 - 750
4-6 lbs/fish 770 - 750
6-9 lbs/fish 770 - 750
Copper River
2-4 lbs/fish -
4-6 lbs/fish -
6-9 lbs/fish -
Sockeye, frozen, semi-dressed, drift-net
Russia, Sakhalin, -
Russia, Kamchatka -
King, frozen
New Zealand
4-6 lbs/fish 700 - 650
6-9 lbs/fish 750 - 700
Coho, frozen, dressed
Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 430 - 420
4-6 lbs/fish 450 - 430
6-9 lbs/fish 400 - 380
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 500 - 480
4-6 lbs/fish 510 - 490
6-9 lbs/fish 480 - 450
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 520 - 500
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 500 - 470
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 500 - 470
Atlantic, frozen, dressed Norway
3-4 kg/fish 530 - 520
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 500
5-6 kg/fish 540 - 520
Chile
3-4 kg/fish 500 - 480
4-5 kg/fish 520 - 500
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
3-4 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, extra large Japan 1,200 - 1,000
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed Alaska& Canada
Over 7 lbs/fish 1,330 - 1,250
5-7 lbs/fish 1,300 - 1,250
4-5 lbs/fish 1,250 - 1,210
3-4 lbs/fish 1,170 - 1,150
2-3 lbs/fish 1,070 - 1,050
1-2 lbs/fish 950 - 940
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 480 - 460
M 480 - 460
S
SURIMI, frozen Ship-processed: SA 450 - 380
Ship-processed: FA 400
Land-processed: 380 - 250
FLOUNDER, fresh
Japan 3,000 - 1,500
Mexico 1,200 - 800
Korea, North 1,300 - 400
China 1,600 - 1,000
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan
3 kg/fish 800 - 600
2.5-2.6 kg/fish 700 - 500
2 kg/fish 600 - 400
1.7-1.8 kg/fish 300 - 150
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu