January 9, 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 84,900 pounds of fish and 9,400 pounds of scallops Tuesday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Skate wings: 11,400 pounds ($1.04)
Medium pollock: 11,100 pounds ($1.34)
Market cod: 8,000 pounds ($3.73)
Small yellowtail: 6,300 pounds ($2.09)
Scrod haddock: 5.300 pounds ($3.12)