NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — October 29, 2015 — New Bedford remained the No. 1 port in the country for the dollar value of the catch, NOAA Fisheries reported Thursday.
It was far ahead of the second place finisher, Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
In terms of weight, New Bedford improved from 130 million pounds in 2013 to 140 million pounds in 2014, good for ninth place.
The report put the value of New Bedford’s catch at $329 million, thanks largely to scallops. Dutch Harbor reported a catch of 762 million pounds, and came in second for value, at $191 million.