WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET

May 26 - June 4, 2002
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated.  Exchange rate are: 
124-125 yen = U.S.$1.00 for May 26 - June 4, 2002.
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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
          05/29          1 fish    Taiwan                    2,800      
          06/04         19 fish    Spain               7,200-3,808-2,000
          06/04         15 fish    Tunisia             2,600-2,357-2,000
          05/30          9 fish    Italy               4,300-2,710-1,500
          05/30         10 fish    Turkey              2,100-1,360-1,000
          05/30          2 fish    New Zealand               2,000      
                           fish    Greece                               
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh 
          05/28         31 fish    Fiji                5,000-1,966-  600
          06/04         63 fish    Sri Lanka           1,300-  672-  400
          06/04         82 fish    Australia           6,500-1,571-  600
          06/01            fish    Bali                1,500-  929-  600
                           fish    Maldive                              
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
          06/01            fish    Bali                              600
          05/28         13 fish    Viet Nam            1,300-  796-  500
          06/04          4 fish    Australia           2,000-1,200-  600
SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
          06/04        804 trays   China               2,400-  800/tray*
          06/01        326 trays   Alaska              2,500-  500/tray*
          06/04        229 trays   Chile               1,100-  800/tray*
          06/03      1,212 trays   Los Angeles &                        
                                   San Francisco       4,200-  700/tray*
          06/01      1,252 trays   Russia &                            
                                    North Korea         1,400-  800/tray*
                                                                          
          06/04                    Japan (white)      12,000-1,300/tray**
          06/04                    Japan (red)         7,500-1,100/tray**
                *(tray=280-350 grams in net weight)
               **(tray=450-150 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   Kenai
                                        Grade 1                         
                                        Grade 2                         
                                        Grade 3                         
                    Sockeye   Copper River
                                        Grade 1              4,000-3,800
                                        Grade 2              3,600-3,400
                                        Grade 3              3,200-3,000
                    King      Copper River
                                        Grade 1              3,800-3,500
                                        Grade 2              3,400-3,100
                                        Grade 3              3,000-2,700
                    Pink        Russia
                                        Grade 1              1,500-1,400
                                        Grade 2                         
                                        Grade 3                         
               Salmon-trout   Denmark
                                             Grade 1         3,600-3,500
                                             Grade 2         3,200-3,100
               Salmon-trout   Finland
                                           Grade 1           3,000-2,900
                                           Grade 2           2,600-2,500
                                           Grade 3           2,200-2,100
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
                              Japan, Hokkaido                4,800-4,700
                              Japan, Sanriku                 4,700-4,600
                              SE                             3,300-3,200
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Russian roe                    3,000-2,600
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Japan                          4,200-3,500
SALMON
     Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
                              Bristol Bay
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 580- 560
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 580- 560
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 550- 530
                              Cook Inlet
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 600- 580
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 600- 580
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 600- 580
                              Southeast
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                         
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                         
     
                              Canada
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 700- 680
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 750- 730
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 850- 800

     Coho, frozen, dressed
                              Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 280- 270
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 310- 300
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 300- 290
     Trout, frozen dressed    Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 330- 320
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 360- 350
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 360- 350
                              Europe
                                   1.8-2.7 kg/fish              350- 330
                                   2.7-3.6 kg/fish              360- 340
                                   3.6-4.5 kg/fish              420- 400
     Atlantic, frozen, dressed     Norway
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  500- 480
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  520- 500
                                   5-6 kg/fish                  520- 500
                              Chile
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  390- 380
     Atlantic, fresh, semi-dressed
                              Norway
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  800- 750
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  850- 800
                              Chile
                                   3-4 kg/fish                          
                                   4-5 kg/fish                          
                              Scotland
                                   3-4 kg/fish                          
                                   4-5 kg/fish                          
                              Australia
                                   3-4 kg/fish                          
                                   4-5 kg/fish                          
     King, fresh              New Zealand
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  900- 850

ABALONE, live                 Japan  Kuro (Kyushu)           8,000-7,000
                                    Ezo: Over 300 gm              12,000
                                        About 200 gm         9,000-8,500
                                         150- 200 gm         8,000-7,500
                                         100- 150 gm         7,500-7,000
                                    Tokobushi                2,500-2,000
                              Australia                      6,000-5,500
                              Taiwan  Tokobushi              2,200-1,600

SARDINE, fresh, medium-large        Japan                     1,600- 850
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed         Alaska& Canada
                                   Over 7 lbs/fish           1,380-1,320
                                   5-7 lbs/fish              1,350-1,330
                                   4-5 lbs/fish              1,280-1,250
                                   3-4 lbs/fish              1,170-1,150
                                   2-3 lbs/fish              1,090-1,080
                                   1-2 lbs/fish              1,000-  980
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, frozen, with roe        L (800-600 grams/fish)        500-480
                              M (600-400 grams/fish)                 480
                              S (400-200 grams/fish)                 480

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe     L (800-600 grams/fish)        240-230
                              M (600-400 grams/fish)                 240
                              S (400-200 grams/fish)                    

SURIMI, frozen                Ship-processed, SA                     450
                              Ship-processed, FA                     400
                              Land-processed                         320

FLOUNDER, fresh
                    Japan                                    3,000-2,000
                    U.S.A.                                   1,200-1,000
                    Korea, North                             1,000-  800
                    China                                    1,500-  600

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh                
                    Japan
                                         3-kg/fish              650- 500
                                         2-kg/fish              400- 200
     
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Source:   NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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