Fish Landings and exvessel prices at 42 Landing Ports in Japan, December 1996
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Landings Exvessel Prices
------------------------- ------------------------
Metric Tons A B Yen/kg A B
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fresh:
Bluefin tuna 27 175 173 2,470 142 103
Albacore tuna 5,133 171 116 300 90 123
Bigeye tuna 878 114 105 1,992 105 88
Yellowfin 518 102 119 1,266 133 104
Striped Marlin 280 97 71 1,148 149 154
Swordfish 496 205 77 1,003 87 122
Skipjack tuna 144 16 221 572 108 163
Sardine 23,398 58 189 34 131 67
Jack mackerel 9,197 160 82 163 62 112
Mackerel - scad 2,232 176 54 126 78 103
Pacific mackerel 72,872 128 143 97 120 108
Saury 1,832 6 11 77 75 160
Japanese flying squid 6,680 34 128 248 164 70
Flying squid 52 396 185 278 168 96
Flatfish 2,758 84 92 490 117 116
Cod 6,605 162 128 289 95 92
Pollock 12,950 68 107 91 169 126
Atka mackerel 12,878 166 87 28 41 147
Rockfish 63 79 48 1,952 232 230
Thorney head 168 115 98 3,414 111 109
Hairtail 467 135 49 326 69 152
Flounder 212 110 78 1,638 126 119
Sea bream 797 135 198 1,393 114 103
Yellowtail 4,181 183 67 525 96 163
Spanish mackerel 236 32 12 597 169 177
Tanner crab 238 84 55 1,743 106 102
Herring 53 72 87 286 94 96
Cuttlefish 184 226 113 380 100 101
Octopus 1,020 106 106 460 97 97
Frozen:
Bluefin tuna 1,878 317 98 3,188 120 106
Albacore tuna 958 228 62 310 99 133
Bigeye 4,238 184 77 963 80 81
Yellowfin tuna 2,742 236 106 588 98 124
Striped marlin 269 218 77 629 142 116
Swordfish 344 188 72 730 107 136
Skipjack tuna 12,652 58 109 152 116 107
Japanese flying
squid:
Distant water 2,231 38 127 216 101 90
Coastal 2,669 27 96 216 115 88
Flying squid 6,624 92 112 335 103 125
Cod 539 62 91 262 88 105
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A. - Comparison with the same period a month earlier.
B. - Comparison with the same period a year earlier.
Source: NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
|
