WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
January 8-12, 2002
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated.  Exchange rates are: 
131-133 yen = U.S.$1.00 for January 8-12, 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
          01/11         63 fish    Los Angeles         3,800-3,025-2,800
          01/11         87 fish    Spain               5,200-3,660-2,800
          01/10         68 fish    Tunisia             5,300-2,977-2,000
          01/10         20 fish    Turkey              3,500-2,410-2,000
          01/08                    Italy               6,000-4,875-4,000
                           fish    Greece                               
BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
          01/10            fish    Palau               1,800-1,467-1,000
          01/10         78 fish    Australia           5,700-2,068-  600
          01/10            fish    New Zealand         5,000-2,700-1,000
          01/11        123 fish    Bali                3,500-1,244-  400
          01/10            fish    Indonesia           5,000-2,033-1,400
          01/11         87 fish    Sri Lanka           4,400-1,029-  400
          01/11         22 fish    Fiji                2,500-1,054-  600
          01/11        110 fish    Puket               2,300-  804-  420
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
          01/08            fish    Fiji                1,500-1,250-1,000
          01/10            fish    Australia           4,000-2,373-1,200

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
          01/12      1,198 trays   China               2,500-  800/tray*
          01/12        189 trays   Alaska              4,100-1,200/tray*
                           trays   Peru                           /tray*
          01/12      1,909 trays   Los Angeles         7,000-2,500/tray*
          01/10        942 trays   San Francisco       4,300-1,700/tray*
          01/12        608 trays   North America                        
                                   (green sea urchin)  4,100-2,200/tray*
          01/12        508 trays   Canada              3,000-1,000/tray*
                           trays   Korea, North                   /tray*
          01/12         56 trays   Japan (white)      12,000-5,000/tray*
          01/12        886 trays   Japan (red)        10,000-2,800/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   Kenai
                                        Grade 1              3,400-3,300
                                        Grade 2              3,000-2,900
                                        Grade 3              2,600-2,500
                    Sockeye   Bristol Bay
                                        Grade 1              3,000-2,800
                                        Grade 2              2,600-2,500
                                        Grade 3                    2,200
                    Pink      Kodiak
                                        Grade 1              2,200-2,000
                                        Grade 2              1,900-1,700
                                        Grade 3              1,600-1,500
                    Pink        SE
                                        Grade 1              2,000-1,900
                                        Grade 2              1,700-1,600
                                        Grade 3              1,400-1,300
               Salmon-trout   Denmark
                                        Grade 1                    3,500
                                        Grade 2                    3,100
               Coho           Yakutat
                                           Grade 1           3,000-2,800
                                           Grade 2           2,600-2,400
                                           Grade 3           2,200-2,000
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
                              Japan, Hokkaido                4,000-3,800
                              Japan, Sanriku                 3,900-3,700
                              SE                             4,200-4,000
SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Russia                         2,500-2,300
SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
                              Japan                          3,600-3,500
SALMON
     Sockeye, frozen, dressed, IQF
                              Bristol Bay
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 560- 550
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 560- 550
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 530- 520
                              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                 670- 650
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 670- 650
                              Canada
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 700- 680
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 750- 730

     Coho, frozen, dressed
                              Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 330- 300
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 350- 320
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 330- 300
     Trout, frozen dressed    Chile
                                   2-4 lbs/fish                 280- 270
                                   4-6 lbs/fish                 310- 300
                                   6-9 lbs/fish                 330- 320
                              Europe
                                   1.8-2.7 kg/fish              320- 300
                                   2.7-3.6 kg/fish              350- 330
                                   3.6-4.5 kg/fish              400- 380
     Atlantic, frozen, dressed     Norway
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  450- 430
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  450- 430
                                   5-6 kg/fish                  430- 400
                              Chile
                                   3-4 kg/fish                  320- 300
                                   4-5 kg/fish                  320- 300
     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)         11,500-11,000
                                    Ezo: Over 300 gm              11,500
                                         200- 300 gm              11,000
                                         100- 200 gm         9,000-8,000
                                                                    
                                    Tokobushi                3,500-2,500
                              Australia                      6,000-5,500
                              Taiwan  Tokobushi              2,500-2,000

SARDINE, fresh, extra large        Japan                         800-600
SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed         Alaska& Canada
                                   Over 7 lbs/fish           1,320-1,280
                                   5-7 lbs/fish              1,300-1,230
                                   4-5 lbs/fish              1,230-1,200
                                   3-4 lbs/fish              1,150-1,100
                                   2-3 lbs/fish              1,050-1,020
                                   1-2 lbs/fish                950-  920
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 (800-600 grams/fish)                    
                              M (600-400 grams/fish)                 520
                              S (400-200 grams/fish)             520-500

ROCK SOLE, without roe             L (800-600 grams/fish)       250- 240
                              M (600-400 grams/fish)            250- 240
                              S (400-200 grams/fish)                    

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

FLOUNDER, fresh
                    Japan                                    4,000-1,500
                    U.S.A.                                   1,500-1,000
                    Korea, North                                  -     
                    China                                    2,700-1,000

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh, pole-and-line
                    Japan
                                         4 kg/fish            1,100- 900
                                         3 kg/fish              900- 500
                                       2.5 kg/fish              600- 400
                                   2.2-2.3 kg/fish              400- 250
OYSTER, live
                    Japan, Oofunato                    2,200-1,500-1,000
                    Japan, Hiroshima                   1,800-1,400-  800

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

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