All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. Exchange rates are:
120-123 yen = U.S.$1.00 for May 22-29, 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
May 24 4 fish New Zealand 8,000- 4,120- 1,500
May 29 9 fish Taiwan 7,800- 3,638- 2,300
May 24 5 fish Tunisia 2,000
May 28 8 fish Portugal 5,800- 4,737- 400
May 28 60 fish Italy 5,500- 2,744- 1,000
May 25 18 fish Turkey 1,000- 800- 600
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
May 25 10 fish New Zealand 4,500- 2,460- 1,200
May 29 235 fish Australia 5,500- 1,571- 500
May 22 34 fish Sri Lanka 1,300- 733- 400
May 22 30 fish Bali 1,800- 757- 400
May 25 22 fish Ponape 2,200- 1,453- 800
May 29 21 fish Fiji 6,000- 2,558- 800
May 28 43 fish Viet Nam 2,800- 1,219- 600
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
May 29 22 fish Bali 900- 678- 400
May 29 35 fish Fiji 1,300- 1,067- 800
May 24 7 fish Australia 2,600- 1,520- 400
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
May 28 2,060 trays China 2,200 - 500/tray*
May 22 84 trays Alaska 1,800 - 1,200/tray*
May 25 576 trays Chile 1,700 - 750/tray*
May 29 1,024 trays Los Angeles 7,500 - 500/tray*
May 29 1,100 trays San Francisco 2,500 - 750/tray*
trays North America (green sea urchin)
/tray*
May 26 96 trays Korea, North 2,000 - 1,700/tray*
May 24 361 trays Canada 2,500 - 500/tray*
trays Oregon /tray*
May 29 628 trays Japan (white) 10,000 - 1,600/tray*
May 29 2,176 trays Japan (red) 5,800 - 1,600/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
Bristol Bay
Grade 1 2,600-2,400
Grade 2 2,200-2,000
Grade 3 1,800-1,600
Pink Cordova/Kodiak
Grade 1 2,100-2,000
Grade 2 1,800-1,700
Grade 3 1,500-1,400
Coho Chili
Grade 1 3,700-3,600
Grade 2 3,400-3,300
Grade 3 3,100-3,000
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 6,300-6,000
Standard grade 5,000-4,700
Import 4,000-3,500
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
Russia 4,000-3,800
Japan 6,000-5,500
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 490 - 480
4-6 lbs/fish 510 - 500
6-9 lbs/fish 460 - 450
Trout, frozen dressed Chile
2-4 lbs/fish 520 - 500
4-6 lbs/fish 530 - 520
6-9 lbs/fish 520 - 500
Europe
1.8-2.7 kg/fish 540 - 520
2.7-3.6 kg/fish 500 - 480
3.6-4.5 kg/fish 500 - 480
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 - 9,000
About 200 gm 9,500 - 9,000
Tokobushi 3,500 - 2,500
Australia 6,000 - 5,500
Taiwan Tokobushi 2,500 - 2,000
SARDINE, fresh, large Japan 2,000 - 400
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 - 1,150
3-4 lbs/fish 1,180 - 1,100
2-3 lbs/fish 1,070 - 1,000
1-2 lbs/fish 1,000 - 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 480 - 430
M 480 - 450
S
SURIMI, frozen Ship-processed: SA 500 - 380
Ship-processed: FA 470
Land-processed: 380 - 250
FLOUNDER, fresh
Japan 3,000 - 1,500
U.S.A. 1,300 - 1,000
Korea, North 1,500 - 1,000
China 1,800 - 1,500
Skipjack tuna, fresh, pole-and-line
Japan
3 kg/fish 1,100 - 700
2.5-2.6 kg/fish 900 - 600
2 kg/fish 800 - 650
1.7-1.8 kg/fish 700 - 400
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Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu