November 27, 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 36,000 pounds of fish and 2,200 pounds of scallops Nov. 20.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Blackbacks, large Georges Bank: 12,000 pounds ($1.53)
Blackbacks, mixed Georges Bank: 9,300 pounds ($1.40)
Scrod cod: 5,100 pounds ($1.33)
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