ZADAR COMPANY TO EXPORT TUNA FISH TO JAPANESE MARKET ( Editorial: --> 8052 )

( Editorial: --> 8052 ) ZADAR, Nov 4 (Hina) - The "Adriatic-Tuna" company of Zadar (the central Adriatic) has prepared the first nine tuna, heavy about 450 kilograms, for test sale on the Japanese market. A Japanese expert killed them in a special way. Tuna were put on the ice and prepared for the transport, so that they can be on sale in Japan as early as Friday. One kilogram of fresh tuna fish on the Tokyo market reaches the price from 35 to 60 dollars. The director of the "Adriatic-Tuna" company, Zeljko Zubcic, said he would be satisfied with the price of 35 dollars per kilogram of tuna fish from Zadar. The nine tuna, prepared for the Japanese market, were caught a half year ago, and then fed on a fish farm. The Zadar company is feeding now about 80 tonnes of tuna which eat eight tonnes of pilchard daily. (hina) jn mš 041447 MET nov 97