JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JUNE 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen    
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LIVE:   
 Eel, adult              1,425                 2,441        
                                                            
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,476                 1,317        
 Yellowfin tuna            962                   756        
 Bigeye tuna             1,001                   880        
 Bluefin tuna              103                    86        
 Spanish mackerel          174                   132        
 Other fish                543                   291        

FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,490                   927        
 Pacific coho            3,065                 1,157        
 Other pacific salmon      242                   108        
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  5,297                 2,085        
 Halibut                 1,724                 1,092        

 Other flatfish          2,107                   551        
 Yellowfin tuna          5,457                 2,163        
 Skipjack                4,902                    861       
 Bigeye tuna             5,595                 4,659        
 Bluefin tuna                7                    16        
 Herring                 9,587                 1,556        
 Cod                       348                   182        
 Sardine                 1,340                    104       
 Mackerel                  883                   205        
 Jack mackerel           2,206                   404        
 Capelin                 3,230                   946        
 Globefish                 298                    56        
 Rockfish                1,271                   449        
 Sablefish               1,652                 2,121        
 Other fish             18,604                 1,699        
 Herring roe                19                    10        
 Pollock roe             7,445                 9,107        
 Other fish roe          1,581                   935        
 IQ fish fillet          4,913                 1,928        
 Tuna, fillet            1,913                 2,154        
 Bluefin tuna, fillet        3                    16        
 Other fish, fillet      5,357                 2,892        
 Pollock surimi            910                   404        
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,681                 2,502        
 Other minced fish      14,576                 5,102        

SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe             1,037                 2,127        
 Salmon, fillet             91                    83        
 Other fish                283                   334        
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,216                   606        

LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 768                   520        
 Tanner crab             4,529                 1,883        
 Oyster                    212                   113        
 Clam                      266                    63        
 Sea urchin roe             71                   298        
 Baby clam                 351                    90        
 Fresh water calm          118                    27        
 Others                    192                   156        

FROZEN: 
 Spiny lobster             193                   531        
 Shrimp                 15,010                13,894        
 King crab                 848                 1,610        
 Tanner crab             3,322                 3,749        
 European cuttlefish       329                   261        
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,753                 1,505        
 Octopus                 4,220                 3,426        
 Cuttlefish              1,035                   873        
 Squid                   4,578                   742        
 Sea urchin roe            167                   555        
 Baby clam                 245                   118        
 Others                    285                   411        

SALTED/DRIED: 
 Cuttlefish                106                   125        
 Squid                     276                   213        
 Jellyfish                 706                   318        

SEAWEED:
 Dried                     978                   645        
 Salted                    499                    82        
 Fresh/frozen              660                    89        
 Others                     82                    62        

PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,197                 1,172        
 Sardine, dried juvenile    59                    83        
 Eal                     2,014                 3,179        
 Other fish              7,209                 3,206        
 Pollock roe               588                   899        
 Salmon roe, ikura           5                    18        
 Crab                    1,257                 2,084        
 Shrimp, salted          1,356                 1,520        
 Shrimp, other           3,459                 2,431        
 Squid                   3,693                 1,590        
 Other molluscs          3,110                 1,610        
 Fish meal              21,089                 2,244        
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Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/13


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