JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, JAN - DEC 2008
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Fishery Products Metric tons Million yen
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LIVE:
Eel, adult 15,887 26,590
FRESH:
Atlantic salmon 19,991 16,592
Yellowfin tuna 15,532 11,980
Bigeye tuna 14,967 11,764
Bluefin tuna 4,351 8,224
Spanish mackerel 6,020 2,933
Other fish 8,928 4,521
FROZEN:
Pacific sockeye 40,622 21,705
Pacific coho 81,807 30,169
Other pacific salmon 4,479 2,011
Pink/chum/trout salmon 53,730 22,093
Halibut 29,198 17,773
Other flatfish 30,579 7,770
Yellowfin tuna 47,359 17,534
Skipjack 33,547 5,216
Bigeye tuna 77,846 57,850
Bluefin tuna 4,178 12,120
Herring 34,958 5,442
Cod 11,737 5,709
Sardine 18,133 1,537
Mackerel 69,761 16,989
Jack mackerel 41,567 6,759
Capelin 22,002 6,930
Globefish 6,585 1,885
Rockfish 25,864 9,006
Sablefish 11,335 14,340
Other fish 106,820 18,316
Herring roe 2,474 1,802
Pollock roe 42,218 53,358
Other fish roe 8,489 11,391
IQ fish fillet 52,102 20,253
Tuna, fillet 17,343 19,754
Bluefin tuna, fillet 13,627 47,828
Other fish, fillet 63,648 34,404
Pollock surimi 71,086 33,041
Threadfin bream surimi 52,791 20,049
Other minced fish 132,381 47,796
SALTED/DRIED:
Herring roe 5,586 8,751
Salmon, fillet 1,188 1,162
Other fish 3,503 4,000
LIVE:
Sea urchin 11,906 6,709
LIVE/FRESH:
King crab 5,713 4,260
Tanner crab 25,099 9,536
Oyster 3,685 1,977
Clam 7,035 1,803
Sea urchin roe 1,447 7,246
Baby clam 26,247 4,140
Fresh water calm 2,541 663
Others 3,559 2,679
FROZEN:
Spiny lobster 2,495 6,700
Shrimp 196,626 181,763
King crab 14,050 26,563
Tanner crab 21,061 24,788
European cuttlefish 4,803 3,685
Squid/cuttlefish 37,885 19,504
Octopus 44,707 34,115
Cuttlefish 14,899 11,212
Squid 29,871 5,581
Sea urchin roe 2,148 6,395
Baby clam 1,500 644
Others 6,296 8,388
SALTED/DRIED:
Cuttlefish 1,251 1,446
Squid 2,390 1,778
Jellyfish 6,779 2,913
SEAWEED:
Dried 8,954 5,827
Salted 8,810 1,129
Fresh/frozen 9,860 1,153
Others 2,696 17,428
PREPARED:
Tuna 24,165 12,920
Sardine, dried juvenile 1,014 1,234
Eal 16,821 25,077
Other fish 7,333 34,953
Pollock roe 7,531 11,448
Salmon roe, ikura 1,424 4,903
Crab 14,774 25,294
Shrimp, salted 19,678 22,811
Shrimp, other 44,037 31,409
Squid 42,961 17,838
Other molluscs 36,739 20,347
Fish meal 304,416 31,797
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Contact: Sunee C. Sonu
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