JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JANUARY 2006
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                         Metric tons            Million yen    
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Fishery Products     JAN. 2006 JAN. 2005   JAN. 2006  JAN. 2005
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LIVE:                               
 Eel, adult              1,408     1,948       2,189      2,598
                                                         
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,759     2,045       1,256      1,319
 Yellowfin tuna          1,991     2,203       1,444      1,581
 Bigeye tuna             1,350     1,715       1,114      1,242
 Bluefin tuna              800     1,255       1,776      2,325
 Spanish mackerel          201       675          79        367
 Other fish              1,492     2,400         558      1,018

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye           871     1,397         342        649
 Pacific coho           18,991    18,534       8,844      6,660
 Other pacific salmon      331       131         173         88
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,734     6,006       2,958      2,599
 Halibut                 1,466     2,360         895      1,263
 Other flatfish          1,283     2,257         413        540
 Yellowfin tuna          9,091     7,725       1,974      1,997
 Skipjack                8,892     6,460         651        487
 Bigeye tuna             7,977    10,164       4,289      6,141
 Bluefin tuna              209       179         523        352
 Herring                 1,894     1,575         240        184
 Cod                       907     3,061         376        984
 Sardine                 1,334     1,346         117        112
 Mackerel                7,500     9,280       2,337      2,037
 Jack mackerel          13,502    12,361       1,550      1,154
 Capelin                 1,011     1,107         404        394
 Globefish               1,218     1,341         189        199
 Rockfish                  378     1,022         164        306
 Sablefish                 582       596         579        512
 Other fish              4,002     8,264         929      1,488
 Mero (dressed)             90       716         103        812
 Herring roe                 5       397           4        254
 Pollock roe               422       818         571        803
 Other fish roe            496       592         448        563
 IQ fish fillet          7,958     8,069       2,940      2,656
 Tuna, fillet              962     1,106         824        983
 Bluefine tuna, fillet   1,993       984       4,999      2,556
 Other fish, fillet      9,913    11,462       6,268      6,192
 Pollock surimi            862       660         214        115
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,602     4,072         559        797
 Other minced fish       7,595    10,732       2,353      2,692

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                96        66          66         35
 Salmon, fillet             82        60         102         65
 Other fish                268       205         295        186

LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,101     1,244         618        682

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab               1,708     1,511         784        928
 Tanner crab             1,136     2,031         388        753
 Oyster                    285       362         211        198
 Clam                    1,480     1,682         389        274
 Sea urchin roe            147       171         782        789
 Baby clam               3,505     3,409         500        444
 Fresh water calm          572     1,009         105        153
 Others                    379       467         322        352

FROZEN:                               
 Spiny lobster             188       230         319        335
 Shrimp                 18,130    17,844      16,433     15,224
 King crab               1,124     1,128       1,488      1,546
 Tanner crab               707       948         631        829
 European cuttlefish       611       794         440        495
 Squid/cuttlefish        3,402     3,839       1,477      1,450
 Octopus                 3,343     4,179       1,924      2,795
 Cuttlefish              1,785     1,549       1,173        977
 Squid                     997       913         335        259
 Sea urchin roe             30        54          51         75
 Baby clam                  62        86          22         27
 Others                    744       471         887        529

SALTED/DRIED:                         
 Cuttlefish                114       230         145        214
 Squid                     532       427         481        365
 Jellyfish                 662       584         252        229

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     825       635         430        318
 Salted                    757       561          65         41
 Fresh/frozen              447       368          39         41
 Others                    124       213          92         93

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,159     2,624         909        979
 Sardine, dried juvenile   107       392          88        428
 Eal                     3,090     3,618       5,202      5,046
 Other fish              7,176     7,270       3,244      3,353
 Pollock roe               971       760       1,726      1,458
 Salmon roe, ikura          75       178         129        331
 Crab                    1,588     1,488       2,379      2,532
 Shrimp, salted          1,530     1,223       1,797      1,405
 Shrimp, other           4,627     3,217       3,365      2,318
 Squid                   3,679     3,542       1,711      1,721
 Other molluscs          4,067     4,343       2,080      2,092
 Fish meal              30,431    26,152       2,564      1,771
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