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Aquaculture Wholesale Market Report
Week Ending July, 1998

CATFISH

Market Form Size (lb) Price ($/lb) Volume (lb) Point of Origin
PA-NY-Mass. Fillets 7-9 oz 2.83 4,650 S
PA-NY-Mass. Fillets 8-12 oz 2.76 400 S
PA-NY-Mass. CLP-Fillets 5-7 oz 3.20 300 S
PA-NY-Mass. CLP-Fillets 7-9 oz 3.95 330 S
PA-NY-Mass. Dressed 7-9 oz 2.10 100 S
MD-DC Fillets 7-9 oz 2.94 2,500 S
MD-DC Fillets 9-11 oz 2.71 5,000 S
NE Live 1-4 0.80 1,500 S

HYBRID STRIPED BASS

Market Form Size (lb) Price ($/lb) Volume (lb) Point of Origin
PA-NY-Mass. Whole 1-2 3.21 700 MA
MD-DC Whole 1.25 2.65 1,800 NE/S
MD-DC Whole 1-3 2.84 1,600 W/MA/S
NE Live 1+ 3.25 300 MA

TILAPIA

Market Form Size (lb) Price ($/lb) Volume (lb) Point of Origin
.PA-NY-Mass Fillets 2-4 oz 3.23 670 IM
PA-NY-Mass Fillets 5-7 oz 3.82 420 IM
MD-DC Fillets 3-5 oz 3.55 700 IM
MD-DC Fillets 4-6 oz 3.65 1,320 IM
MD-DC Fillets 5-7 oz 3.60 2,460 IM
NE Live 1-2 1.70 35,500 MA

OYSTERS

Market Form Size (lb) Price ($/lb) Volume (lb) Point of Origin
PA-NY-Mass Shucked gal 40.00/gal 52 gal MA
PA-NY-Mass Shell each 0.29 each 400 pcs MA
MD-DC Shucked gal 37.81/gal 200 gal NE/MS/S
MD-DC Shell each 0.33 each 32,950 pcs NE/MA/S
MD-DC Shell each 0.17 each 66,000 pcs MA/S

BIG HEAD CARP

Market Form Size (lb) Price ($/lb) Volume (lb) Point of Origin
NE Live 8-12 0.85 28,000 S

Source: Maryland Aquaculture Office.

Legend: CLPÊjun-Lemon pepper, IM=Import, MA=Mid-Atlantic,MW=Mid-Western, W=Western, NE=Northeast, S=Southern, NY=New York, NJ-New Jersey, gal=gallon, Pcs=pieces.