December 2, 2013 — 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 131,900 pounds of fish and 22,700 pounds of scallops Friday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Market cod: 20,900 pounds ($2.20)
Scrod cod: 13,600 pounds ($1.37)
Scrod haddock: 15,000 pounds ($1.74)
Skate wings: 11,600 pounds (99 cents)
Sea scallop U12 channel: 8,600 pounds ($15.05)
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