Availability should improve for weekend. Monkfish will remain upwardly priced due to heavy restrictions on fishing quotas. Only 50lbs allowed per boat. Only 2 areas in Maryland producing fish, most of which is small. Pricing has firmed up again and things look slow all week.
Big fish are very scarce.
Virginia has not re-issued tags for 2000 so expect production to be very light this weekend. Along with Baby Monkfish, Monkfish Livers and other odds and ends. Chilean Sea Bass is out of season. More fish expected for weekend and next week. Most fishermen are on shore in South America.