December 3, 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 43,300 pounds of fish and 1,800 pounds of scallops Monday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Scrod haddock: 8,800 pounds ($1.58)
Skate wings: 8,000 pounds (96 cents)
Market cod: 5,500 pounds ($2.77)
Small haddock: 4,700 pounds ($1.38)
Medium pollock: 2,400 pounds ($1.45)