WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
March 7-18, 2005
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 104-105 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for March 7-18, 2005.

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Species/       Sales   Origin                 Price range (yen/kg)
Date of sale   volume                          High  Average  Low 
(Month/date)
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BLUEFIN TUNA, fresh
03/17      70 fish     Mexico                    2,600-2,105-1,800
03/17      55 fish     Spain                     4,100-2,900-2,100
03/17      27 fish     Tunisia                   5,000-2,934-2,000
03/17       2 fish     Turkey                    3,200-3,100-3,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
03/17       6 fish     Australia                 3,000-2,160-1,300
03/17      11 fish     Bali                      2,200-1,200-  500
03/10       7 fish     Cebu                      1,100-1,030-  950
03/17      14 fish     Guam                      2,500-1,180-  600
03/17     107 fish     Indonesia                 1,800-  919-  700
03/15      59 fish     Jakarta                   2,200-  902-  400
03/15       5 fish     Maldive                     800-  767-  700
03/17      10 fish     New Zealand               2,500-1,450-  800
03/11      12 fish     Puket                       500-  450-  400
03/17      12 fish     Sri Lanka                 1,000-  833-  600
03/15       9 fish     Taiwan                    1,500-1,167-1,000
03/17      37 fish     Viet Nam                  1,300-  781-  700
 
YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
03/17       7 fish     Australia                 2,300-1,486-1,000
03/17       3 fish     New Zealand                           1,300

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
03/18       112 trays   Canada                    1,900-1,300/tray*
03/10        36 trays   Chile                     1,150-1,100/tray*
03/18       309 trays   China                     2,500-1,000/tray*
03/18     1,131 trays   Korea, North              2,500-1,000/tray*
03/18       688 trays   U.S.A.***                10,500-1,800/tray*
03/18          Japan (white)                    26,000-1,700/tray**
03/18          Japan (red)                      11,000-1,300/tray**
                *(tray=250-350 grams in net weight)
               **(tray=150-400 grams in net weight)
               *** excluding Alaska

ALASKA POLLOCK ROE, salted, processed
     Japan     Frozen   No.1  Small                           3,000
                              Medium                          4,000
                        No.2  Small                           1,800
                              Medium                          2,500

HERRING ROE, salted
     Canada (box-pack)        Medium                               
                              Small                                
     Bristol Bay (pail-pack) Large                                 
     San Francisco /
          Canada (pail-pack) Medium                                
                              Small                                

HERRING ROE ON KELP
               Alaska                                   3,500-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), salted
     Sockeye salmon sujiko, Bristol Bay
                        No.1                            2,300-2,200
                        No.2                            1,900-1,800
                        No.3                            1,500-1,400
     Pink salmon sujiko, SE/Kodiak
                        No.1                            1,800-1,600
                        No.2                            1,500-1,300
                        No.3                            1,200-1,000
     Salmon-trout sujiko, Denmark
                        No.1                            3,700-3,600
                        No.2                            3,300-3,200
                        No.3                            2,900-2,800

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,100-2,900
          North America, SE, No.1                       2,600-2,500

SALMON ROE (SUJIKO), Marinated with soy sauce
          Russian roe                                   2,200-2,000

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Marinated with soy sauce
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,200-3,000

SALMON
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, IQF, Bristol Bay
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-580
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 620-600
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 520-500
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, Cook Inlet
               2-4 lbs/fish                                        
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 650-630
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 700-680

     Coho salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 430-420
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 480-470
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 480-460

     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 480-470
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 510-500
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 520-500
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              520-500
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              530-510

     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               5-6 kg/fish                                  600-580
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               4-5 kg/fish                                  430-400

     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Norway
               3-4 kg/fish                                  750-650
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
               4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
     Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
               5-6 kg/fish                                  750-700

ABALONE, live
     Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                                       
               Kuro (Kyushu)                           7,500- 6,500
               Ezo:  Over 300 gm                             11,000
                    About 200 gm                      10,500-10,000
                     150- 200 gm                      10,000- 9,500
                     100- 150 gm                       8,500- 8,000
               Tokobushi                               3,000- 2,500
     Australia                                         6,000- 5,500
     South Africa                                      6,500- 6,000
     Taiwan    Tokobushi                               2,500- 2,000

SARDINE, fresh, large-medium
     Japan                                              1,200-1,000

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,300
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,350-1,200
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,150-1,100
                    3-4 lbs/fish                         1,050- 980
                    2-3 lbs/fish                           900- 880
                    1-2 lbs/fish                           850- 780

     SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
      cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Russia
          5 L                                           1,800-1,700
          4 L                                           1,700-1,600

ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            420-380
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            420-380
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

ROCK SOLE, frozen, without roe
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            260-230
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            260-240
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

SURIMI, frozen
          Ship-processed, SA                                    450
          Ship-processed, FA                                    400
          Land-processed                                        320

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         3,500-2,000
          China                                                    
          Korea, North                                             
          U.S.A.                                        1,300-1,100

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             2,000-650
                        Medium                            1,100-450
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