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May 22, 2012

Fish landings

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange

The Cape Ann Seafood Exchange handled 64,800 pounds of fish Friday.

Top species landed and average prices were:

Medium pollock: 26,300 pounds (76 cents)

Large pollock: 11,200 pounds ($1.08)

Ocean perch: 8,100 pounds (66 cents)

Medium and small pollock: 4,800 pounds (75 cents)

Large sow hake: 3,000 pounds (59 cents)

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 48,400 pounds of fish and 158,700 pounds of scallops Friday.

The Portland, Maine, Display Auction handled 41,600 pounds of fish Sunday.

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

Source: National Marine Fisheries Service

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