June 6, 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 94,200 pounds of fish and 40,200 pounds of scallops Wednesday.
Top species landed and average prices were:
Scrod haddock: 24,700 pounds ($1.38)
Small haddock: 21,100 pounds (61 cents)
Scallops, 10 to 20 Mid Atlantic: 19,400 pounds ($11.88)
Blackbacks, mixed Georges: 18,300 pounds ($1.31)
Blackbacks, large Georges: 14,500 pounds ($1.49)