WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
February 22-March 4, 2005
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 104-105 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for February 22-March 4, 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
03/04       1 fish     Florida                                4,000
03/04     151 fish     Mexico                     3,400-2,212-2,000
03/04      15 fish     Spain                      4,200-3,675-3,500
03/04      11 fish     Tunisia                    5,000-3,118-2,100
02/28       4 fish     Turkey                                 3,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
03/03       5 fish     Australia                  2,000-1,278-1,000
03/03      10 fish     Bali                       1,300-1,063-  800
03/04      15 fish     Cebu                       1,800-  929-  600
03/04      15 fish     Guam                       1,100-1,050-1,000
03/03      11 fish     Indonesia                  1,800-1,400-1,200
03/03      20 fish     Jakarta                    1,000-  700-  400
03/01       9 fish     Maldive                    1,300-  950-  700
03/04      11 fish     New Zealand                4,000-2,150-1,300
03/04       5 fish     Puket                      1,000-  800-  600
03/04      11 fish     Sri Lanka                  1,100-  967-  800
03/04      38 fish     Taiwan                     1,600-1,045-  600
03/04      19 fish     Viet Nam                   1,700-1,100-  700

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
03/03       7 fish     Australia                  1,500-1,400-1,300
02/24       7 fish     Maldive                    1,800-1,367-1,000
02/24       2 fish     New Caledonia                          1,300
03/03       5 fish     New Zealand                2,300-1,867-1,200

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
03/04       84 trays    Canada                    1,400-1,000/tray*
02/28      196 trays    Chile                     1,200-  600/tray*
03/04      240 trays    China                     1,000-  700/tray*
03/04      315 trays    Korea, North                750-  600/tray*
03/04      904 trays    U.S.A.***                10,000-1,300/tray*
03/04          Japan (white)                    26,000-1,400/tray**
03/04          Japan (red)                      11,000-  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                               3,100-2,900
          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                                 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- 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
     Japan                                              2,000-1,300

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                          950-  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                                         3,700-3,000
          China                                         2,000-1,800
          Korea, North                                  2,000-1,300
          U.S.A.                                        1,200-  800

SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                             1,600-500
                        Medium                                  800
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12/10/13


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