JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, AUGUST 2006
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Fishery Products     AUG. 2006 AUG. 2005   AUG. 2006  AUG. 2005
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LIVE:          
 Eel, adult              1,472     1,590       2,340      2,282
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,713     1,983       1,638      1,442
 Yellowfin tuna          1,435     1,557       1,184      1,234
 Bigeye tuna             1,505     1,488       1,415      1,226
 Bluefin tuna              860       599       1,068        993
 Spanish mackerel          260       170         119         79
 Other fish                352       553         255        360

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye        10,671    17,350       4,987      8,998
 Pacific coho              540       793         237        283
 Other pacific salmon    2,612     4,077         922      1,319
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  1,958     2,646       1,101      1,345

 Halibut                 2,331     4,151       1,407      2,443

 Other flatfish          2,352     3,260         631        879
 Yellowfin tuna          7,957    11,699       2,849      3,764
 Skipjack                7,220     2,423         705        266
 Bigeye tuna             5,076     8,460       4,453      5,384
 Bluefin tuna               37        21          63         29
 Herring                 7,042     2,306         856        265
 Cod                       491       528         227        181
 Sardine                   687     7,195          74        620
 Mackerel                  979     1,282         349        314
 Jack mackerel           1,525     2,882         263        518
 Capelin                 2,330     2,599         725        803
 Globefish                 448       251          75         52
 Rockfish                2,871     5,901       1,194      2,109
 Sablefish               1,325     1,370       1,455      1,396
 Other fish              6,646     5,056       1,202      1,177
 Mero (dressed)            204       285         249        425
 Herring roe                44         3          70          1
 Pollock roe             2,086       941       2,019      1,146
 Other fish roe            665       855         453        496
 IQ fish fillet          6,059     6,112       2,428      2,182
 Tuna, fillet            1,508     1,615       1,564      1,393
 Bluefine tuna, fillet     106        80         194        127
 Other fish, fillet      8,790     9,881       6,030      5,274
 Pollock surimi          9,789    13,820       2,379      3,580
 Threadfin bream surimi  3,364     3,439         767        819
 Other minced fish       8,387    13,521       2,587      3,682

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               695     1,553         813      1,859
 Salmon, fillet            138        64         179         81
 Other fish                324       320         378        352
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,009       940         459        459

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,308     2,474         603        963
 Tanner crab             2,632     2,151         718        642
 Oyster                    209       262         130        156
 Clam                      474       541         135        108
 Sea urchin roe            158       209         632        834
 Baby clam                 446       497         149        125
 Fresh water calm          363       498          49         54
 Others                    128       210         167        190

FROZEN:        
 Spiny lobster             233       409         518        808
 Shrimp                 21,735    22,808      21,230     20,485
 King crab                 950       412         960        469
 Tanner crab             2,880     3,755       2,795      3,558
 European cuttlefish       430       931         354        645
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,617     3,618       1,949      1,820
 Octopus                 3,510     4,314       2,208      2,564
 Cuttlefish              1,648     1,688       1,177      1,084
 Squid                   2,282     2,186         645        473
 Sea urchin roe            345       409         930        956
 Baby clam                 134       136          58         53
 Others                    715       865         939        895

SALTED/DRIED:        
 Cuttlefish                234       181         207        233
 Squid                     186       161         142        151
 Jellyfish                 874     1,140         300        328

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     839       844         447        444
 Salted                    409       439          37         54
 Fresh/frozen              463       603          51         62
 Others                    296       440         110        163

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,789     2,785       1,243      1,152
 Sardine, dried juvenile   175       305         176        272
 Eal                     1,218     1,043       1,663      1,507
 Other fish              7,657     7,212       3,520      3,267
 Pollock roe             1,477       695       2,448      1,366
 Salmon roe, ikura         695       431       1,367        746
 Crab                    1,398     1,158       2,110      1,969
 Shrimp, salted          1,822     1,614       2,254      1,845
 Shrimp, other           4,412     3,635       3,325      2,745
 Squid                   4,510     4,099       1,883      1,755
 Other molluscs          5,342     4,550       2,849      2,367
 Fish meal              56,765    40,109       7,735      3,123
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