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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. |
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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 |
| fs |
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-mo |
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 |
