December 9, 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 36,900 pounds of fish and 5,500 pounds of scallops Thursday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Scrod haddock: 4,600 pounds ($1.54)
Medium pollock: 4,500 pounds (92 cents)
Medium hake: 4,000 pounds ($1.21)
Sea scallops, 10 to 20 NLCA: 4,200 pounds ($14.53)
Market cod: 3,500 pounds ($2)