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Market News Abbreviations

Due to space limitations, abbreviations may be necessary. Many will be local industry abbreviations, others were adopted from NOAA Fisheries.

a

ask or asking
abtabout
abt stdyabout steady
a/qaccording to quality
a/s/qaccourding to size/quality
BBBlackback flounder
bubushel
bxbox
c/ocarried over
c\p\dcooked, peeled & deveined
demdemand
domdomestic
dmdrawn(eviscerated - head on)
drsddressed
eaeach
ffew
fsfew higher
flfew lower
fq(*)fair quality
frznfrozen
gngill net
gtdgutted
h&gheaded & gutted
hdlsheadless
hvyheavy
impimported
IQFindividually quick frozen
jmbjumbo
lb or #pounds
lgelarge
ltlight
lt-molight to moderate
ltdlimited
mmost or mostly
medmedium
mktmarket
modmoderate
mod-libmoderate to liberal
msmoving slow
mxdmixed
neckslittleneck clams
nsonot sold out
ozounce
p&dpeeled & deveined
qquality
qntquantity
qtquart
rndround(as fish is caught)
ssome
selselects(oysters)
shsome higher
skndskinned
slsome lower
smlsmall
stdsteady
stksteak
supsupply
TFQtoo few quotes
trwltrawler
unclunclassified
v or vyvery
(*) NMFS Boston fq - few quotes