English name Fijian name Price received by fishers Dry per kg ($FJD) Actual price that should be paid by marine product agents  (dry/kg) ($FJD) Price received by fishers Raw per piece ($FJD) Actual price that should be paid by marine product agents. Raw per piece ($FJD) White teatfish Sucuwalu 25.00-$35.00 15.00-70.00 4.00-$25.00 5.00-55.00 Black teatfish Loaloa, lolo 10.00-$20.00 20.00-45.00 5.00-$10.00 2.00-6.00 Sandfish* Dairo, tero 8.00-$15.00 - 5.00-$10.00 - Prickly redfish Sucudrau 10.00-$30.00 25.00-35.00 3.00-$6.00 4.00-6.00 Stonefish Dri-vatu, Ki 2.50-$10.00 10.00 -20.00 0.20-$0.30 0.10-0.30 Surf Redfish Tarase 2.50-$12.00 18.00-25.00 1.00-$3.00 - Blackfish Driloli 2.00-$8.00 20.00-40.00 1.50-$3.00 - Elephant Trunkfish Dairo-ni-cakau 7.00-$15.00 7.00-10.00 1.00-$2.00 1.00-$2.00 Greenfish Tarasea 20.00 -$30.00 40.00-52.00 - - Curryfish Laulevu 10.00-$30.00 18.00-36.00 0.50-$1.00 0.50-2.50 Amberfish Dri-volavola 7.00-$10.00 6.00-10.00 1.00-$2.00 - Brown sandfish Vula 2.50-$10.00 5.00-11.00 0.60-$0.80 0.50-2.00 Deep water redfish Dri-tabua 15.00-$25.00 25.00-36.00 1.50-$3.00 4.00-10.00 Lollyfish Loliloli 0.50-$5.00 5.00-9.00 - - Sea cucumber Mundra, midro 3.00-$10.00 5.00-9.00 - - Snake fish Loliloli 0.50-$4.00 5.00-9.00 - - Tiger fish Vula-ni-cakau 6.00-$12.00 10.00-15.00 0.30-$0.80 2.00-5.00

*Species with fishing ban in Fiji Islands but priced for local consumption

Table 2: Prices paid by marine product agents to sea cucumber fishers in Fiji Islands in 2008.