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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12/09/13


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