JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, AUGUST 2008 
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Fishery Products      Metric tons            Million yen
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LIVE:
 Eel, adult              1,330                  2,245
FRESH:
 Atlantic salmon         1,574                  1,528
 Yellowfin tuna          1,135                    911
 Bigeye tuna             1,143                    897
 Bluefin tuna              181                    374
 Spanish mackerel          167                     86
 Other fish                388                    264
FROZEN:
 Pacific sockeye        10,361                  5,585
 Pacific coho            1,273                    506
 Other pacific salmon    1,018                    380
 Pink/chum/trout salmon  3,603                  1,684
 Halibut                 3,309                  1,985
 Other flatfish          3,606                    851
 Yellowfin tuna          2,332                    844
 Skipjack                2,682                    507
 Bigeye tuna             3,148                  2,683
 Bluefin tuna               46                    121
 Herring                 1,456                    245
 Cod                       217                    114
 Sardine                 3,095                    277
 Mackerel                1,858                    251
 Jack mackerel           2,247                    522
 Capelin                 2,129                    686
 Globefish                 192                     32
 Rockfish                4,227                  1,342
 Sablefish               1,277                  1,657
 Other fish              3,788                    998
 Herring roe                49                     27
 Pollock roe               494                    591
 Other fish roe            785                  1,199
 IQ fish fillet          4,205                  1,644
 Tuna, fillet            1,718                  1,997
 Bluefin tuna, fillet      747                  2,470
 Other fish, fillet      6,334                  3,192
 Pollock surimi          7,441                  3,291
 Threadfin bream surimi  2,919                  1,362
 Other minced fish       9,874                  4,370
SALTED/DRIED:
 Herring roe               425                    847
 Salmon, fillet            124                    115
 Other fish                250                    288
LIVE:
 Sea urchin                347                    252
LIVE/FRESH:
 King crab                 558                    342
 Tanner crab             1,288                    481
 Oyster                     69                     38
 Clam                      206                     49
 Sea urchin roe            130                    632
 Baby clam                 334                     83
 Fresh water calm           36                      9
 Others                    131                    109
FROZEN:
 Spiny lobster              85                    217
 Shrimp                 19,149                 18,471
 King crab                 466                    859
 Tanner crab             3,001                  3,636
 European cuttlefish       390                    351
 Squid/cuttlefish        2,694                  1,559
 Octopus                 2,377                  1,632
 Cuttlefish              1,335                  1,027
 Squid                   3,086                    588
 Sea urchin roe            389                  1,280
 Baby clam                 142                     57
 Others                    638                    845
SALTED/DRIED:
 Cuttlefish                 69                     87
 Squid                      85                     69
 Jellyfish                 671                    294
SEAWEED:
 Dried                     791                    496
 Salted                    512                     57
 Fresh/frozen              437                     74
 Others                    251                    144
PREPARED:
 Tuna                    2,157                  1,243
 Sardine, dried juvenile   126                    151
 Eal                       320                    438
 Other fish              6,293                  3,061
 Pollock roe               659                    992
 Salmon roe, ikura         180                    599
 Crab                    1,022                  1,985
 Shrimp, salted          1,617                  1,936
 Shrimp, other           3,638                  2,577
 Squid                   4,096                  1,558
 Other molluscs          3,173                  1,782
 Fish meal              30,776                  3,547
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12/09/13


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