April 18, 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 74,000 pounds of fish and 210,200 pounds of scallops Wednesday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Sea scallops 10 to 20 Mid Atlantic: 85,600 pounds ($10.10)
Sea scallops 10 to 20 Channel: 36,700 pounds ($11.33)
Sea scallops U12 Mid Atlantic: 32,300 pounds ($13)
Sea scallops U10 Mid Atlantic: 23,200 pounds ($14.10)
Sea scallops 20 to 30 Channel: 16,600 pounds ($10.65)