JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JULY 2006
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     JULY 2006 JULY 2005   JULY 2006  JULY 2005
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LIVE:          
 Eel, adult              2,631     3,601       4,192      5,078
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,536     1,857       1,481      1,350
 Yellowfin tuna          1,189     1,526       1,094      1,232
 Bigeye tuna             1,192     1,330       1,171      1,173
 Bluefin tuna              103       153         172        160
 Spanish mackerel          106       105          84         50
 Other fish                328       592         253        442

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         5,036    10,364       2,498      6,242
 Pacific coho              244       337         123        142
 Other pacific salmon    1,410     1,283         567        550
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  2,555     3,207       1,409      1,558

 Halibut                 1,554     2,641         998      1,585

 Other flatfish          1,700     2,978         510        750
 Yellowfin tuna          9,187    14,102       4,148      4,056
 Skipjack                3,942     4,565         409        427
 Bigeye tuna             8,051     7,576       7,123      4,598
 Bluefin tuna              147        51         326         94
 Herring                 6,946     4,167         849        536
 Cod                       248        33         108         12
 Sardine                   567     2,562          51        237
 Mackerel                  835     1,645         304        391
 Jack mackerel           2,511     2,247         419        467
 Capelin                 1,207     1,237         460        426
 Globefish                 265       286          49         52
 Rockfish                3,046     2,246       1,295        775
 Sablefish               1,461     1,547       1,681      1,526
 Other fish              8,784     5,068       1,610      1,225
 Mero (dressed)            167       287         186        404
 Herring roe                68       111          23         47
 Pollock roe             2,479     2,379       2,505      2,975
 Other fish roe            898       908         499        412
 IQ fish fillet          5,541     6,120       2,275      2,236
 Tuna, fillet            1,828     1,690       2,128      1,479
 Bluefine tuna, fillet   1,427     1,208       2,913      2,368
 Other fish, fillet      9,545     8,559       6,403      4,715
 Pollock surimi          2,819     3,311         762        754
 Threadfin bream surimi  4,638     5,192       1,017      1,222
 Other minced fish       9,706     8,078       2,950      2,240

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,180     1,349       1,463      1,811
 Salmon, fillet             24        86          27         94
 Other fish                325       294         376        293
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                992     1,045         429        510

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,192     1,576         527        628
 Tanner crab             3,678     3,520       1,055      1,102
 Oyster                    356       221         193        126
 Clam                      450       603         123        115
 Sea urchin roe            120       155         478        602
 Baby clam                 532       441         188        113
 Fresh water calm          594       853         102        115
 Others                    173       224         203        173

FROZEN:        
 Spiny lobster             272       503         788      1,064
 Shrimp                 21,959    21,024      22,096     19,352
 King crab                 601       169         695        188
 Tanner crab             5,251     5,603       4,910      5,351
 European cuttlefish       424       769         325        526
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,256     4,161       2,002      1,933
 Octopus                 4,967     3,748       3,086      2,347
 Cuttlefish              1,513     1,666       1,075      1,089
 Squid                   1,937       808         468        375
 Sea urchin roe            198       377         587        834
 Baby clam                 159       179          72         71
 Others                    597       489         738        605

SALTED/DRIED:        
 Cuttlefish                 96       173         113        225
 Squid                     175       244         148        222
 Jellyfish               1,106       636         321        255

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     951       880         492        428
 Salted                    517       826          49         83
 Fresh/frozen              884       696          92         83
 Others                    284       201         124         87

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,742     2,655       1,201      1,147
 Sardine, dried juvenile    69       206          73        171
 Eal                     1,398     3,509       2,190      5,118
 Other fish              6,919     7,368       3,255      3,255
 Pollock roe             1,149       965       1,889      1,860
 Salmon roe, ikura          87        84         162        147
 Crab                    1,352     1,134       2,143      1,845
 Shrimp, salted          1,474     1,438       1,849      1,659
 Shrimp, other           3,964     3,083       3,028      2,258
 Squid                   3,858     3,353       1,854      1,623
 Other molluscs          4,382     4,294       2,236      2,242
 Fish meal              50,368    34,246       5,767      2,644
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