June 25, 2024 — One of the seven proposals for New Bedford’s State Pier is really a two-fer.
It’s a joint proposal from Buyers and Sellers Exchange seafood and New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center.
They say their $15 million proposal will promote economic growth and education, wrapped up in a destination-style attraction.
BASE, the seafood auction house founded in New Bedford in 1994, would off-load the incoming catch at the Pier, and then hold its daily seafood auctions before the scallops and fish are sent on their way to myriad outlets.
All in view of the visiting public.