Better fish prices

Prices at the fishmarket have improved slightly over previous weeks, although smaller fish are still not fetching too high a value.

A spokesman for fish agents LHD said heavy landings of fish coming in to Peterhead were keeping fish prices down here.

Whitefish prices: cats £1.00-£1.37; cod £1.10-£1.95; dog £0.50-£1.00; gurnards £0.88-£1.02; haddock £0.50-£2.33; hake £1.20-£1.80; halibut £4.00-£8.68; John Dory £5.96-£7.00; lemons £0.60-£4.60; ling £0.70-£0.90; lythe £1.74-£2.37; mackerel £0.67-£1.02; megs £1.57-£5.54; monk £1.60-£3.20; plaice £0.50-£1.70; saithe £0.60-£0.83; skate £0.60-£1.62; squid £3.00-£5.05; turbot £4.00-£10.00; tusk £0.40-£0.73, whiting £0.40-£1.70; witches £0.85-£1.48