August 11, 2014 — The Buyers And Sellers Exchange (BASE), an electronic auctioning company that sells landings at owner Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in New Bedford, Boston’s Whaling City Auction, and Gloucester’s Whaling City Auction, handled 40,200 pounds of fish and 30,700 pounds of scallops Thursday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Scrod haddock: 20,600 pounds ($1.16)
Scallops, 10 to 20 Georges: 13,600 pounds ($12.89)
Scallops, U10 Closed Area II: 7,300 pounds ($15.33)
Small haddock: 6,400 pounds (66 cents)
Scallops, U12 Georges: 4,800 pounds ($14.70)
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