Local commercial groundfishermen and vessel owners have fish prices on their minds, besides the upcoming fisheries management of Amendment 16.
Why have the boat prices, even on "money fish" such as cod, haddock and grey sole, generally been low this year?
Capt. Billy "Brownie" Brown knows he has been gillnetting the same "market" and "large" or "steaker" size (fish weighing between 4 and 10 pounds to fish weighing more than 10 pounds, respectively) cod species this year that he has for decades.
But "their prices are down," said Brown.