NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
       FISHERY MARKET NEWS
   Commonly Used Abbreviations
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Due to space limitations, abbreviations 
may be necessary.  Many will be local 
industry abbreviations, others were 
adopted from NMFS.

a  . . . .  . . . . . ask or asking
abt  . . . . . . . . . . . .  about
abt stdy . . . . . . . about steady
a/q . . . . . .according to quality
a/s/q . .accourding to size/quality
BB  . . . . . .  Blackback flounder
bu  . . . . . . . . . . . .  bushel
bx  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . box
c/o . . . . . . . . .  carried over
c\p\d . . cooked, peeled & deveined
dem . . . . . . . . . . . .  demand
dom . . . . . . . . . . .  domestic
dm . . drawn(eviscerated - head on)
drsd . . . .  . . . . . . . dressed
ea . . .  . . . . . . . . . .  each
f . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   few
fh  . . . . . . . . . .  few higher
fl  . . . . . . . . . . . few lower
fq(*) . . . . . . . .  fair quality
frzn  . . . . . . . . . . .  frozen
gn  . . . . . . . .  . . . gill net
gtd . . . . . . . . . . . .  gutted
h&g . . . . . . . . headed & gutted
hdls  . . . . . . . . . .  headless
hvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . heavy
imp . . . . . . . . . . .  imported
IQF . . . individually quick frozen
jmb . . . . . . . . . . . . . jumbo
lb or # . . . . . . . . . .  pounds
lge . . . . . . . . . . . . . large
lt  . . . . . . . . . . . .   light
lt-mod  . . . . . light to moderate
ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . limited
m . . . . . . . . .  most or mostly
med . . . . . . . . . . . .  medium
mkt . . . . . . . . . . . .  market
mod . . . . . . . . . . .  moderate
mod-lib . . . . moderate to liberal
ms  . . . . . . . . . . moving slow
mxd . . . . . . . . . . . .   mixed
necks . . . . . .  littleneck clams
nso . . . . . . . . .  not sold out
oz  . . . . . . . . . . . .   ounce
p&d . . . . . . . peeled & deveined
q . . . . . . . . . .  . . .quality
qnt . . . . . . . . .  . .quantity
qt  . . . . . . . . . . . .  quart
rnd . . . round(as fish is caught)
s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some
sel . . . . . . . selects(oysters)
sh  . . . . . . . . .  some higher
sknd  . . . . . . . . . .  skinned
sl  . . . . . . . . . . some lower  
sml . . . . . . . . . . . . .small
std . . . . . . . . . . . . steady
stk . . . . . . . . . . . .  steak
sup . . . . . . . . . . . . supply
TFQ . . . . . . . . too few quotes
trwl  . . . . . . . . . .  trawler
uncl  . . . . . . . . unclassified
v or vy . .  . . . . . . . .  very

(*) NMFS Boston fq - few quotes