GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

March 22, 2012

Fish landings


Cape Ann Seafood Exchange

The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 13,000 pounds of fish Wednesday.

Top species landed and average price were:

Haddock scrod: 9,200 pounds ($2.34)

Haddock: 2,00 pounds ($2.48)

Cusk: 800 pounds (57 cents)

Market cod: 400 pounds ($2.48)

Scrod cod: 300 pounds ($2.15)

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 152,500 pounds of fish Wednesday.

The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in New Bedford handled 92,500 pounds of scallops Wednesday.

The Portland, Maine, Display Auction handled 6,600 pounds of fish Tuesday.

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

Source: National Marine Fisheries Service