GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

May 3, 2012

Fish landings


Cape Ann Seafood Exchange

The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 53,100 pounds of fish Wednesday.

Top species landed and average price were:

Ocean perch: 13,400 pounds (66 cents)

Medium pollock: 12,600 pounds (89 cents)

Market cod: 6,100 pounds ($2.85)

Large pollock: 5,600 pounds ($1.36)

Large sow hake: 2,500 pounds ($1.93)

Other landings

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 159,600 pounds of fish and 52,900 pounds of scallops Wednesday.

The Portland, Maine, Display Auction handled 25,600 pounds of fish Tuesday.

No landings were reported Wednesday at the New England Fish Exchange in Boston.

Source: National Marine Fisheries Service