Common name
Grades of product
Percentage undersized species exported
Percentage damaged species exported
Percentage over dried species exported
Percentage discarded as waste
White teatfish
A+
0
4 ± 7.4
0
0
B
0
17 ± 5.3
0
0
C
0
26 ± 6.2
0
0
D
14 ± 3.5
43 ± 5.0
0
0
Black teatfish
A
0
17 ± 5.3
0
0
B
0
16 ± 5.2
0
0
C
10 ± 3.0
42 ± 4.9
0
0
Sandfish
Banned
Banned
Banned
Banned
Banned
Prickly redfish
1 grade
0
12 ± 4.6
0
0
Stonefish
1 grade
82 ± 3.1
0
9.0 ± 2.9
1.3 ± 1.5
Surf Redfish
A
4.0 ± 1.9
12 ± 3.2
0
0
B
40 ± 5.0
36 ± 4.8
0
1.0 ± 1.3
Blackfish
A+
0
12 ± 4.6
0
0
B
44 ± 4.9
13 ± 3.4
0
0
C
86 ± 3.5
29 ± 4.5
7.0 ± 2.6
2.2 ± 1.9
Elephant Trunkfish
1 grade
0
0
0
0
Greenfish
1 grade
80 ± 4.0
5 ± 2.2
11 ± 3.1
1.7 ± 1.7
Curryfish
A
0
5 ± 3.1
0
0
B
12 ± 3.2
10 ± 3.0
3.0 ± 1.7
0
C
48 ± 5.0
30 ± 4.6
12 ± 3.2
4.0 ± 2.5
D (
Geci
)
100
0
0
0
Amberfish
1 grade
0
15 ± 5.0
0
1.0 ± 1.3
Brown sandfish
1 grade
8.0 ± 2.7
8 ± 2.7
0
0.7 ± 1.1
Deep water redfish
1 grade
0
10 ± 4.2
0
0
Lollyfish
A
36 ± 4.8
0
1.0 ± 1.0
0
B
80 ± 4.0
0
3.0 ± 1.7
0.5 ± 0.9
Tigerfish
A
0
23 ± 6.0
0
0
B
16 ± 3.7
44 ± 5.0
2.0 ± 1.4
1.7 ± 1.7
Snake fish
1 grade
17 ± 3.7
0
0
2.5 ± 2.0
Pinkfish
1 grade
26 ± 4.4
4 ± 2.0
0
0
Sea cucumber (
Mundra
)
1 grade
98 ± 1.4
20 ± 4.0
26 ± 4.4
0.8 ± 1.2
Table 3:
Percentages of poor quality bêche-de-mer products exported by the main buyers in Fiji.
