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Indeed, finding fish for Good Friday is a big deal in Holy Week. For Christians, fish is the meal of choice as a religious observance on the day that Christ died. But, it's gone from a purely religious custom to a deeply embedded cultural practice where everyone who can afford it: agnostic and believer, sinners and saints share the same meal. That can mean fried, baked or bar - b- qued fish, or, alternately, a good "sere." Today Sahar Vasquez went to the fish market to find out what's selling and what's cooking:...

William Hope - Fish Finder
"The fish is not bad but I think it is a bit expensive."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"How much?"

William Hope - Fish Finder
"I bought about 4 pounds and it cost almost 10$ a pound. I think that is rather expensive."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"How do you usually buy it for?"

William Hope - Fish Finder
"We'll normally, the last I paid was about $7 a pound. Now it's $10 today."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So a dramatic increase."

William Hope - Fish Finder
"It's very expensive. But like everything else we want to eat this on good Friday and I have to get the fish."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So what's the most popular catch?"

Francis Staine - Boatowner
"Snapper, we had a couple Jack's and one barracuda."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So how have the sales been? A lot of people buying?"

Francis Staine - Boatowner
"A lot a people the buy right now."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So they are buying the barracuda the snapper..."

Francis Staine - Boatowner
"Well the barracuda I get it fi miself because I use that."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"You're making good sales? Is this your best year?"

Francis Staine - Boatowner
"Well I try hard no fi gouge people so I sell at the same price- 7 and 8, so ih the go good."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"What has been the most popular catch this year for people to buy?"

Manuel - Fisherman
"Well they mostly ask for snapper, bake size and then thing deh."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And what are you selling it at, at what price?"

Manue l- Fisherman
"Well they have different prices out yah, they got fu $8 and they got fu $10.'

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So people more buy the $8?"

Manuel - Fisherman
"Right."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"What goes for $8?"

Manuel - Fisherman
"Snappers, they yah right so da fu $8, you got for $7. Yeah, we got different prices out yah so man. Different boat have different prices."

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"We normally look for the red tail snapper."

Sahar Vasquez- Reporter
"And what do you make with that? Rice and beans or..."

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"Well it depends. We have family coming from foreign so it depends on what they want to eat: fried fish, baked fish, hudut, BBQ fish, it depends."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So you are cooking for a large amount of people?"

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"Normally I do, yes."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So how many pounds do you buy?"

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"That's like 25 pounds of fish in total."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And how do you find the pricing- affordable or too much this year?"

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"$8 is not too bad, 'cause it's the same thing in the west and we come all the way from the west to get our fish."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"You prefer the fish here, you think it's the best?"

Rasheed Price - Fish Finder
"Yeah, it's good,"

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"Can you tell me about the fish you just bought? What kind is it?"

Clifford - Fish Finder
"Well actually I don't know. I don't know if the name of the fishes. My wife does the buying she knows exactly what it is. I just carry the bag."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So do you know what your wife is gonna cook with these fish?"

Clifford - Fish Finder
"All things she be using the rice and beans as usually, I think that's what they use for the summer."

Sahar Vasquez- Reporter
"What's the price?"

Freddy Kruger - Fisherman
"$10 a pound."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And weh kinda fish have you been catching?"

Freddy Kruger - Fisherman
"Any kind once ih big like this."

Sahar Vasque z- Reporter
"What kind is that?

Freddy Kruger - Fisherman
"This is barro. You have snapper and so, that gwen fu 12."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"What kind are you looking for?"

Joseph Nuñez - Fish Finder
"Red snapper."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And what are you going to make with this fish?"

Joseph Nuñez - Fish Finder
"Well tomorrow da good Friday, you dig, so fish with fried beans you know- da bun business. But weekend likewise and Sunday- hudut hudut."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"What do you think about the fish pricing"

Joseph Nuñez - Fish Finder
"Well you done know at this time yah so ih kinda outrageous but that's why you mek sure you mek wah couple a fisherman friend weh cu give you wah nice deal offa check."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So what kind of fish are you buying today?"

Joan Bennett - Fish Finder
"Well I buy grunt because that da the only fish I eat inna dih sea."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And what will you make with this? A hudut, rice and beans..."

Joan Bennett - Fish Finder
"I gwen mek me mi hjudut. I tiad a rice so I gwen mash some hjudut today."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"Are you making for your whole family?"

Joan Bennett - Fish Finder
"Yeah, for me and my grandchildren."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And how's the pricing to you?"

Joan Bennett - Fish Finder
"Well reasonable because wah pound a grunt da $6 and they give me fu 5 so really reasonable; I wah you snap that man picture too cause da he give me it for $5."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So you're out here to buy your fish right?"

Albert Neal - Fish Finder
"Trying to get."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"Ok, what kind of fish are you looking for?"

Albert Neal - Fish Finder
"Well snapper, barro."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So are you finding it or is it too late?"

Albert Neal - Fish Finder
"Well it seems that we got here a little bit too late. The catch just came in but we gonna see what da catch brought in because it seems it is scarce even in the waters."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So, are you going to cook with this fish?"

Albert Neal - Fish Finder
"I think we're just gonna a BBQ it."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So what kind of fish did you just buy?"

Donovan "Jewbwai"- Fish Finder
"Well I get wah couple pound a king fish."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So you're gonna cook that?"

Donovan "Jewbwai"- Fish Finder
"Yeah, tomorrow morning me a deal with them real Jamaican style."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So what? Rice and beans..."

Donovan "Jewbwai"- Fish Finder
"Yeah yeah, some rice and beans."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"How is it pricing? How you find the fish pricing?"

Donovan "Jewbwai"- Fish Finder
"Well ih aright you know cause the man weh go catch it da my friend so."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"You got a deal?"

Donovan "Jewbwai"- Fish Finder
"We play domino together so the man deal with me good."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So what kind of fish have you bought?"

Francis Robateau - Fish Finder
"Snapper."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"Ok, so you're gonna be cooking that with what tomorrow?"

Francis Robateau - Fish Finder
"Serre and beat plantain."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And how do you find the pricing this year good or..."

Francis Robateau - Fish Finder
"Well the price da like $10 a pound."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And how many pounds you bought?"

Francis Robateau - Fish Finder
"Like 5 pounds."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"So you ready fu eat up the fish?"

Francis Robateau - Fish Finder
"Yeah, but I come way from Esperanza village."

Jamal - Fisherboy
"I go dive da Half Moon Caye or Turneffe."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And how much you mi catch this year?"

Jamal - Fisherboy
"Lot."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"This da want barracuda? So what else you caught?"

Jama l- Fisherboy
"I caught 6 snapper. I caught deh dangerous corrals, and red snapper and black snappers and turbits."

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"Keh kinda is this?"

Jama l- Fisherboy
"Tuna"

Sahar Vasquez - Reporter
"And you catch this?"

Jamal - Fisherboy
"Yes ma'am."

Some we spoke to earlier in the week complained of prices as high as 14 dollars a pound, but we didn't find that today.