WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
December 1-13, 2004
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 102-105 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for December 1-13, 2004.

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Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
(Month/date)
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
12/13       7 fish     Greece                    3,500-2,625-2,000
12/09       8 fish     Italy                     5,000-3,400-1,800
12/10       2 fish     Malta                     4,100-3,950-3,800
12/13     107 fish     Mexico                    2,300-1,880-1,800
12/13      56 fish     New York                  4,700-3,664-3,000
12/13      26 fish     Spain                     3,800-3,340-3,000
12/13      24 fish     Turkey                    2,700-2,400-2,300

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
12/09      18 fish     Australia                 1,900-1,238-  700
12/10      36 fish     Bali                      1,300-1,040-  800
12/09      20 fish     Guam                      1,000-  900-  700
12/10       3 fish     Hawaii                    1,500-1,350-1,200
12/13      37 fish     Indonesia                 1,900-1,275-  800
12/13      21 fish     Jakarta                   2,200-1,257-  800
12/07       5 fish     Maldive                   1,300-1,167-1,000
12/13      10 fish     Marshall Is.              1,500-1,300-1,000
12/11       5 fish     New York                  5,300-4,400-3,500
12/13       5 fish     New Zealand               2,000-1,475-1,000
12/11       7 fish     Philippines                           2,000
12/11       5 fish     Puket                                 1,200
12/13      16 fish     Taiwan                    1,300-1,078-  800

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
12/13       282 trays   Canada                    1,700-  750/tray*
12/13        48 trays   Chile                             350/tray*
12/13       120 trays   China                       800-  650/tray*
12/13     1,180 trays   U.S.A.***                 4,000-1,300/tray*
12/13          Japan (white)                     23,000- 700/tray**
12/13          Japan (red)                       11,000- 800/tray**
                *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
               **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
               *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
     Japan     Frozen   No.1  Small                           3,000
                              Medium                          4,000
                        No.2  Small                           1,800
                              Medium                          2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
     Canada (box-pack)        Medium                          4,000
                              Small                           3,800
     Bristol Bay (pail-pack) Large                            2,000
     San Francisco /
          Canada (pail-pack) Medium                     3,800-3,500
                              Small                           3,200

HERRING ROE ON KELP
               Alaska                                   3,500-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                        No.1                            2,200-2,100
                        No.2                            1,800-1,700
                        No.3                            1,400-1,300
     Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                        No.1                            1,800-1,600
                        No.2                            1,500-1,300
                        No.3                            1,200-1,000
     Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                        No.1                                  3,400
                        No.2                                  3,000
                        No.3                                  2,600

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,000-2,800
          North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
          Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 530-520
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-600
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 630-610
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 540-520
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 660-640
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-660
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
               2-4 lbs/fish                                        
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-620
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-670

     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 420-410
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 450-440
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 460-450

     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 470-450
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 530-520
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 550-530
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              530-520
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              550-530

     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               5-6 kg/fish                                  620-580
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               4-5 kg/fish                                  520-480

     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  800-700
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  800-700

ABALONE, live
     Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                                       
               Kuro (Kyushu)                                       
               Ezo:  Over 300 gm                             11,000
                    About 200 gm                      10,500-10,000
                     150- 200 gm                      10,000- 9,500
                     100- 150 gm                       8,500- 8,000
               Tokobushi                               3,000- 2,500
     Australia                                         6,000- 5,500
     South Africa                                      6,000 -5,500
     Taiwan    Tokobushi                               2,500- 2,000

SARDINE, fresh, large
     Japan                                               1,000- 700

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,350-1,330
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,300-1,250
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,200-1,150
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,100-1,050
                    2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  950
                    1-2 lbs/fish                          900-  850

     SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
      cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Alaska
          5 L                                           2,450-2,100
          4 L                                           2,200-1,800

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            400-340
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            400-340
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                            400-340

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            260-230
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            260-240
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

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

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         3,300-1,500
          China                                                    
          Korea, North                                  2,200-1,000
          U.S.A.                                        1,200-  500

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             1,600-700
                        Medium                              850-600
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12/10/13