JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MARCH 2008
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult              1,404                 2,562
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,915                 1,588
 Yellowfin tuna          1,341                 1,087
 Bigeye tuna             1,491                 1,222
 Bluefin tuna              382                   749
 Spanish mackerel        1,480                   719
 Other fish              1,116                   420
FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye         1,294                   680
 Pacific coho           10,775                 3,598
 Other pacific salmon       87                    80
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  4,252                 1,563
 Halibut                 1,594                   913
 Other flatfish          3,726                 1,067
 Yellowfin tuna          3,945                 1,667
 Skipjack                4,135                   602
 Bigeye tuna             6,476                 4,385
 Bluefin tuna            2,020                 5,686
 Herring                 1,879                   238
 Cod                     1,377                   713
 Sardine                   763                    31
 Mackerel                2,235                   573
 Jack mackerel           3,948                   546
 Capelin                   548                   178
 Globefish                 464                    81
 Rockfish                  713                   233
 Sablefish                 287                   314
 Other fish              9,077                 1,661
 Herring roe                27                    12
 Pollock roe             4,731                 6,531
 Other fish roe            427                   131
 IQ fish fillet          1,464                   498
 Tuna, fillet            1,256                 1,247
 Bluefin tuna, fillet    4,936                17,964
 Other fish, fillet      2,210                 1,118
 Pollock surimi         13,032                 5,365
 Threadfin bream surimi  5,128                 1,702
 Other minced fish       8,732                 2,714
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe                 -                     -
 Salmon, fillet             81                    71
 Other fish                286                   310
LIVE:
 Sea urchin              1,382                   781
LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                  55                    24
 Tanner crab               488                   264
 Oyster                    553                   270
 Clam                      179                    54
 Sea urchin roe            117                   603
 Baby clam               4,975                   808
 Fresh water calm          413                   134
 Others                    370                   312
FROZEN:     
 Spiny lobster             148                   411
 Shrimp                 10,143                 9,024
 King crab                 485                   929
 Tanner crab               274                   270
 European cuttlefish       375                   337
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,116                 1,127
 Octopus                 4,093                 3,552
 Cuttlefish                598                   466
 Squid                     566                   153
 Sea urchin roe             47                    78
 Baby clam                 102                    27
 Others                    352                   448
SALTED/DRIED:     
 Cuttlefish                 20                    44
 Squid                      36                    29
 Jellyfish                 723                   297
SEAWEED:
 Dried                     244                   187
 Salted                    996                   141
 Fresh/frozen              209                    22
 Others                     22                    37
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    1,772                   851
 Sardine, dried juvenile    63                    81
 Eal                     1,328                 1,994
 Other fish              2,106                 1,208
 Pollock roe               233                   375
 Salmon roe, ikura           6                    13
 Crab                      483                   692
 Shrimp, salted          1,328                 1,499
 Shrimp, other           2,505                 1,833
 Squid                   1,644                   722
 Other molluscs          1,219                   807
 Fish meal              20,737                 1,942
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12/09/13


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