June 2, 2014 — 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 132,000 pounds of fish and 61,500 pounds of scallops Thursday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Small haddock: 22,900 pounds (84 cents)
Medium pollock: 20,800 pounds (82 cents)
Scallop, U12 Channel: 15,500 pounds ($12.80)