Aquaculture Wholesale Market Report

Week Ending May 10, 1996

HIGHLIGHTS

This report is for the week ending May 10, 1996. The reported prices were mixed to slightly higher. Price increases were reported for whole hybrid striped bass, tilapia fillets, Atlantic salmon fillets, whole Atlantic salmon, and boned coho salmon. Price decreases were catfish fillets, boned rainbow trout, dressed rainbow trout and red meat trout fillets. No price changes were reported for cajun-lemon pepper catfish fillets, catfish nuggets, dressed catfish, rainbow trout fillets and whole Arctic char. Volume decreases were reported for whole hybrid striped bass, rainbow trout fillets, dressed rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon fillets, whole Atlantic salmon and boned coho salmon. Volume increases were reported for catfish fillets, tilapia fillets, boned rainbow trout and redmeat trout fillets. No volume changes were reported for cajun-lemon pepper catfish fillets, catfish nuggets, dressed catfish and whole Artic char.

Shucked oysters in gallons were unchanged in price and volume. Shucked oysters in pints and pints were unchanged in price and 800 pints and 1600 pints less in volume. Shell oysters were unchanged in price and 3,520 oysters more in volume. Hard clams were unchanged in price and 19,100 clams more in volume. Mussels and black tiger shrimp were unchanged in price and volume. Crawfish tail meat was unchanged in price and volume. Alligator tail fillets were unchanged in price and 75 pounds less in volume. Dressed rattlesnake was unchanged in price and volume.

NOTE: Address any question 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 (Import)

Parris N. Glendening, Governer
Lewis Riley, Secretary
Henry Virts, Deputy Secretary