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Aquaculture Wholesale Market Report
Week Ending July 26, 1996
HIGHLIGHTS
This report is for the week ending July 26, 1996.
Generally, the reported prices were unchanged to slightly lower. Whole hybrid striped
bass, tilapia fillets, rainbow trout fillets, boned rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon
fillets, whole Atlantic salmon and boned coho salmon reported price decreases. The
reported volumes were mixed. Tilapia fillets, boned rainbow trout, whole red meat trout,
golden trout fillets, Atlantic salmon, boned coho salmon and dressed white sturgeon
reported volume increases. Catfish fillets, whole hybrid striped bass, rainbow trout
fillets, boned golden trout and whole turbot reported volume decreases. No dressed red
meat trout were reported.
Shell oysters reported no change in price or volume. Hard
clams reported a decrease of 1 cent per clam and a volume increase of 17,000 clams.
Mussels reported price decrease of 1 cent per pound and 1,000 pounds less in volume. Black
tiger shrimp reported a price increase of 11 cents per pound and a volume decrease of
4,810 pounds.
The Northeast Live Markets reported a 5 cent per pound
price increase and a 6,000 pound volume increase for catfish. An 1 cent per pound price
increase and a 6,000 pound volume increase was reported for tilapia. NOTE:
There was an import of 6,000 pounds of live tilapia from Mexico. Big head carp had a
reported price increase of 5 cents per pound and a volume increase of 5,000 pounds. Oyster
prices decrease 2 cents per oysters, but the volume was unchanged. No price or volume
change was reported for Manila clams.
Note: The Wholesale Market Report can now be accessed on
Internet at the following address: http://ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/publicat/other_pubs/mdwms.htm
Address any questions to Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Aquaculture Office, at (410)841-5724.
Regions in US: NE (Northeast), MA (Mid-Atlantic), S
(Southern), MW (Mid-Western), IM (Imports)
PENNSYLVANIA
- NEW JERSEY |
| SPECIES |
FORM |
SIZE (lb) |
$/LB |
VOLUME (lb) |
POINT OF ORIGIN |
| Catfish |
Fillets |
5 - 9 oz. |
3.50 |
150 |
S |
| Catfish |
Fillets |
7 - 10 oz. |
2.99 |
3,000 |
S/IM |
| Cajun - Lemon Pepper |
Fillets |
7 - 9 oz. |
3.80 |
80 |
NE |
| Hybrid Striped Bass |
Whole |
1 ½ - 2 |
2.85 |
50 |
MA |
| Hybrid Striped Bass |
Whole |
2 - 4 |
2.95 |
200 |
MA |
| Tilapia |
Fillets |
4 - 6 oz. |
3.58 |
470 |
S/IM |
| Rainbow Trout |
Fillets |
5 - 7 oz. |
3.25 |
50 |
W |
| Rainbow Trout |
Boned |
8 - 10 oz. |
2.95 |
900 |
W |
| Rainbow Trout |
Dressed |
8 - 24 oz. |
1.90 |
100 |
W |
| Golden Trout |
Boned |
12 oz. |
3.00 |
312 |
W |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
4 - 6 |
2.80 |
1,500 |
NE |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
6 - 9 |
2.57 |
6,850 |
NE/IM |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
9 - 13 |
2.80 |
900 |
NE/IM |
| Coho Salmon |
Boned |
10 oz. |
3.70 |
50 |
NE |
| Arctic Char |
Whole |
4 |
4.25 |
100 |
IM |
| Oysters |
Shell |
- |
0.32 ea. |
4,200 ea. |
MA |
| Clams (Hard) |
- |
- |
0.15 ea. |
119,800 ea. |
MA/S |
| Mussels |
Pound |
- |
0.30 |
3,000 |
NE |
| Shrimp (Black Tiger) |
- |
26 - 30 ct. |
5.50 |
200 |
IM |
| Shrimp (Black Tiger) |
- |
31 - 40 ct. |
3.10 |
2,400 |
IM |
NEW YORK -
MASSACHUSETTS MARKETS |
| SPECIES |
FORM |
SIZE (lb) |
$/LB |
VOLUME (lb) |
POINT OF ORIGIN |
| Catfish |
Fillets |
6 - 12 oz. |
2.85 |
1,000 |
S |
| Catfish |
Fillets |
7 - 9 oz. |
3.05 |
210 |
S |
| Cajun-Lemon Pepper |
Fillets |
7 oz. |
3.55 |
400 |
S |
| Hybrid Striped Bass |
Whole |
1 ¼ |
2.45 |
300 |
NE |
| Tilapia |
Fillets |
3 - 6 oz. |
3.55 |
2,060 |
IM |
| Tilapia |
Whole |
2 |
1.70 |
1,000 |
IM |
| Rainbow Trout |
Fillets |
6 - 8 oz. |
4.17 |
100 |
W |
| Rainbow Trout |
Boned |
10 - 12 oz. |
2.60 |
1,210 |
W |
| Rainbow Trout |
Dressed |
8 - 16 oz. |
2.00 |
4,000 |
W |
| Red Meat Trout |
Fillets |
8 - 10 oz. |
3.75 |
100 |
S |
| Red Meat Trout |
Boned |
7 - 9 oz. |
2.30 |
500 |
IM |
| Red Meat Trout |
Whole |
3 |
2.25 |
100 |
W |
| Golden Trout |
Fillets |
8 - 10 oz. |
3.90 |
250 |
W |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Fillets |
2 - 4 |
3.10 |
4,351 |
IM |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Fillets |
4 - 6 |
3.50 |
1,500 |
IM |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
4 - 6 |
2.16 |
20,506 |
NE/IM |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
6 - 9 |
2.35 |
6,252 |
IM/NE |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
9 - 12 |
2.57 |
9,568 |
IM/NE |
| Atlantic Salmon |
Whole |
12 + |
2.40 |
2,000 |
IM |
| Coho Salmon |
Boned |
9 - 11 oz. |
3.42 |
500 |
W |
| Arctic Char |
Whole |
2 - 3 |
3.75 |
150 |
IM |
| Turbot |
Whole |
3 - 4 |
4.10 |
200 |
IM |
| White Sturgeon |
Dressed |
7 - 8 |
5.36 |
990 |
W |
| Steelhead Trout |
Whole |
2 - 4 |
2.05 |
5,000 |
IM |
NORTHEAST
LIVE MARKET |
| SPECIES |
FORM |
SIZE (lb) |
$/LB |
VOLUME (lb) |
POINT OF ORIGIN |
| Catfish |
- |
1 ½ - 6 |
0.80 |
10,000 |
MW |
| Tilapia |
- |
1 - 2 |
1.91 |
36,800 |
S/MW/MA/IM |
| Big Head Carp |
- |
7 - 14 |
0.85 |
25,000 |
S |
| Oysters |
- |
- |
0.25 |
600 |
W |
| Clams (Manila) |
- |
- |
2.30 |
300 |
W |
Parris N. Glendening, Governor
Lewis Riley, Secretary
Henry Virts, Deputy Secretary
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