(1) GROUNDFISH: Redfish prices are stable at a moderate level. Prices for deep-water fishing product remain high.

(2) But other groundfish, like cod, swim down to try to break out.

(3) GROUNDFISH:Although groundfish prices remain relatively low in Euro terms there are indications of a slight pick up in prices for certain Alaska pollack and hake products since the June report.

(4) Trawlermen in pursuit of these and other groundfish like pollock and haddock drag steel weights and rollers as well as nets behind their boats, devastating huge areas of the sea floor as they go.

(5) GROUNDFISH: Cod demand is high. The white fish market for industrial use continues to be strong; price increases are being partly offset however by a weaker US$ dollar.

(6) Layzer, Judy. "The New England Groundfish Crisis. " in The Environmental Case. Washington D. C. : CQ Press, 2002.

(7) GROUNDFISH: Fish prices are low in the Netherlands, especially for plaice .

(8) Bottom trawling is the fishing practice of dragging large nets weighted with chains or other heavy gear across the seafloor to catch groundfish species such as rockfish , cod, and sole.

(9) Tilapia markets were influenced by the difficult economic situation and by low groundfish prices in all major markets.

(10) Traders and producers are expecting higher prices for 2010, although groundfish prices are forecast to stay at their present low levels.