December 26, 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 132,200 pounds of fish and 36,800 pounds of scallops Monday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Skate wings: 20,700 pounds (87 cents)
Market cod: 19,700 pounds ($2.44)
Small yellowtail: 11,000 pounds ($2.58)
Sea scallop 10 to 20 Channel: 10,200 pounds ($14.15)
Scrod cod: 9,700 pounds ($1.93)