Tokyo Central Wholesale Market handled 787,782 tons (2,888 tons a day) of marine products, 748 billion yen (2.8 billion yen a day) total in 1993.
Some 450 kinds of fish are received; this figure is unparalleled in the world. Marine products sections are set up in three markets: Tsukiji, Ohta and Adachi. Above all Tsukiji Market, handling 87% of the total amount, is one of the biggest markets in the world.
Seven authorized wholesalers companies: DAITO GYORUI CO, LTD.,TOHTO Suisan KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIICHI Suisan CO, LTD.,CHUOGYORUI CO, LTD.,Tsukiji UOICHIBA CO, LTD.,Chiyoda Suisan CO, LTD., SOUGOU SYOKUHIN CO, LTD.