WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
February 7-21, 2005
  All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
  Exchange rates are: 104-105 yen = U.S.$1.00 
  for February 7-21, 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
  02/17       1 fish     Greece                                3,000
  02/21     106 fish     Mexico                    2,800-2,227-2,000
  02/21       9 fish     Spain                     6,500-4,589-3,000
  02/08      22 fish     Tunisia                   4,500-3,010-2,000
  02/21       3 fish     Turkey                    3,100-3,033-3,000
  
  BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
  02/19      23 fish     Australia                 2,000-1,317-  850
  02/19       5 fish     Bali                      1,200-1,100-1,000
  02/18       2 fish     Cebu                                  1,300
  02/21      21 fish     Indonesia                 1,500-1,120-  800
  02/21       8 fish     Jakarta                   3,900-1,588-  900
  02/09      10 fish     Marshall Is.              1,500-1,025-  800
  02/17      21 fish     Maldive                   1,400-  983-  600
  02/21      17 fish     Puket                     1,500-  906-  400
  02/21       8 fish     Sri Lanka                 2,200-1,517-1,000
  02/17       7 fish     Taiwan                    1,000-  875-  700
  02/18      22 fish     Viet Nam                  2,000-1,281-  600
 
 YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
 02/10       7 fish     Australia                 2,000-1,575-1,300
 02/12       7 fish     Jakarta                   1,700-1,257-1,000
 02/21       1 fish     New Zealand                           1,300
 02/19       2 fish     Viet Nam                              1,000
 
 SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
 02/21       168 trays   Canada                    1,300-  800/tray*
 02/18       869 trays   China                       800-  500/tray*
 02/21     1,112 trays   U.S.A.***                 3,800-1,000/tray*
 02/21          Japan (white)                    22,000-3,200/tray**
 02/21          Japan (red)                      11,500-  800/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                               3,200-3,000
           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                                 420-410
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 470-460
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 460-450
 
      Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
                2-4 lbs/fish                                 480-450
                4-6 lbs/fish                                 500-480
                6-9 lbs/fish                                 510-490
      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                                  800-700
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Tasmania
                4-5 kg/fish                                  850-800
      Atlantic salmon, fresh, semi-dressed, Canada
                5-6 kg/fish                                  800-700
 
 ABALONE, live
      Japan     Kuro (Bohshu)                                       
                Kuro (Kyushu)                           7,500- 7,000
                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
      Japan                                              1,500-1,000
 
 SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
      Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,350-1,330
      Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,300-1,250
                     4-5 lbs/fish                        1,200-1,130
                     3-4 lbs/fish                        1,100-1,030
                     2-3 lbs/fish                        1,000-  900
                     1-2 lbs/fish                          900-  820
 
      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                                         3,000-1,500
           China                                                    
           Korea, North                                             
           U.S.A.                                          1,300-950
 
 SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
           Japan         Large                             1,300-300
                         Medium                                  450
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12/10/13


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