WHOLESALE PRICES AT TOKYO CENTRAL WHOLESALE MARKET
May l6-26, 2005
All prices shown are in yen/kg unless otherwise stated. 
Exchange rates are: 106-108 yen = U.S.$1.00 
for May l6-26, 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
05/26       1 fish     Greece                                3,000
05/24       3 fish     Italy                     3,400-3,200-3,000
05/24       2 fish     Malta                     4,000-3,000-2,000
05/26       2 fish     New Zealand                           4,000
05/23       7 fish     Spain                     4,200-3,425-2,000

BIGEYE TUNA, fresh
05/23      41 fish     Australia                 3,300-1,726-1,000
05/20       4 fish     Guam                      1,500-1,250-1,000
05/24      11 fish     Indonesia                 1,300-  950-  800
05/23       6 fish     Jakarta                   1,400-1,060-  700
05/24      12 fish     Maldive                   2,200-1,057-  700
05/26       7 fish     New Zealand               2,200-1,457-1,000
05/23      11 fish     Puket                     1,000-  717-  500
05/20       1 fish     Taiwan                                1,500

YELLOWFIN TUNA, fresh
05/26      15 fish     Mexico                                1,600

SEA URCHIN ROE, fresh
05/24       656 trays   China                     2,000-  700/tray*
05/24     1,962 trays   Korea, North                850-  450/tray*
05/23       284 trays   U.S.A.***                 4,300-  700/tray*
05/24          Japan (white)                     26,000- 800/tray**
05/24          Japan (red)                       16,000- 700/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                            3,600-3,500
                        No.2                            3,200-3,100
                        No.3                            2,800-2,700

SALMON ROE (IKURA), Salted
          Japan, Hokkaido                               3,000-2,800
          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                                 550-520
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 620-600
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 620-600
     Sockeye salmon, dressed, frozen, False Pass
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 550-520
               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                                 490-480
               4-6 lbs/fish                                 560-550
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 530-520

     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Chile
               2-4 lbs/fish                                 490-480
               4-6 lbs/fish                                     540
               6-9 lbs/fish                                 540-530
     Salmon trout, frozen, dressed, Norway
               1.8-2.7 kg/fish                              530-520
               2.7-3.6 kg/fish                              550-540

     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Norway
               5-6 kg/fish                                  600-580
     Atlantic salmon, frozen, dressed, Chile
               4-5 kg/fish                                  480-470

     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)                           8,000- 7,500
               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                                                 600- 500

SABLEFISH, frozen, dressed
     Alaska/        Over 7 lbs/fish                     1,330-1,250
     Canada         5-7 lbs/fish                        1,250-1,180
                    4-5 lbs/fish                        1,130-1,100
                    3-4 lbs/fish                        1,030-1,000
                    2-3 lbs/fish                           950- 900
                    1-2 lbs/fish                           850- 800

     SNOW CRAB (TANNER CRAG), C. bairdi, section with claw,
      cooked, frozen, shrink-pack, 5 kg-carton, Russia
          4 L                                           1,700-1,500
          3 L                                           1,600-1,400
          2 L                                           1,450-1,400
ROCK SOLE, frozen, with roe                                        
          L (800-600 grams/fish)                            440-380
          M (600-400 grams/fish)                            440-380
          S (400-200 grams/fish)                                   

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

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

FLOUNDER, fresh
          Japan                                         3,000-1,300
          China                                               1,200
          Korea, North                                             
          U.S.A.                                                   
SKIPJACK TUNA, fresh
          Japan         Large                            1,700- 700
                        Medium                           1,400- 300
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12/10/13


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