MASS Commercial Fishing

[Grapenuts]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

$1.75 a pound for bass might have something to do with the lack of comm. guys out there

Would you say this might be because the market is flooded??...I know now that the hoger's are farming their bed's and dragger's are bring in 1000's of lb's of hog's a day,,they went from $.25 each to $.13 each.....keep the catch at a much lower daily amount an that will keep the price up.......folks can only eat just so much seafood in a given time frame.........seen it happen to tuna....monday the buyer's were paying say 50.00 a lb. ..come friday it was down to 3.00...fisherman flooded the market.

[Karl F]

Saw a fish slip the other day @2.50 a pound......market varies, I guess...prolly like everything else, gotta shop it around.

[clambelly]

Originally Posted by Grapenuts

Would you say this might be because the market is flooded??...I know now that the hoger's are farming their bed's and dragger's are bring in 1000's of lb's of hog's a day,,they went from $.25 each to $.13 each.....keep the catch at a much lower daily amount an that will keep the price up.......folks can only eat just so much seafood in a given time frame.........seen it happen to tuna....monday the buyer's were paying say 50.00 a lb. ..come friday it was down to 3.00...fisherman flooded the market.

necks were going for .25 each???
please tell me your lying.

don't get me started on the quahog market.

[Grapenuts]

WAS..market hit bottom...a glut has made them worth almost nothing now because the boats and farm's have brought in so many,,the market has no where to go with them......I just came from a fish market..bass $13.99 lb....bluefish $6.99..steamers $4.00...One thing fisherman will never do is get together and put a min. on what they bring in to controll price's...the price drops down,,they bring in more to keep their earning's the same as when they were getting good prices with less product.