May 27, 2013 — Daily fish auction prices and landings at New England's commercial fish auctions can now be found in one website that can be accessed in more convenient and useful ways than in the past.
The Northeast Fisheries Science Centre’s (NEFSC) redesigned Market News website includes daily landing and price statistics, simple graphs, and a search function that makes it possible for readers to customize their report and export it to a spreadsheet.
“The Market News Office collects amazing real-time information about market conditions,” said Min-Yang Lee, an economist in the NEFSC’s Social Sciences Branch, who worked with Market News reporter Jack French to develop the new data display system.
"The new site simply modernizes the way that data are presented and makes it more useful to fishermen, dealers, processors and anyone else who is interested in fish markets," said Lee.
The new webpage highlights three species: cod, haddock and scallops, although data from all other species sold at the auctions are available.
Visitors can get the pulse of the market through the "quick look" graphs of daily prices and landings, as well as a weekly summary, for the most recent month. Change from the previous day’s report is indicated by percentage in text, and by red and green arrows, for positive or negative change, next to the graph.
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