Fish landings

August 29, 2008 04:45 am

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Gloucester Seafood Display Auction

The Gloucester Seafood Display Auction handled 11,500 pounds of fish Friday.

The average price per pound of the top five species sold:

Pollock: 2,500 pounds (65 cent)

Market cod: 2,100 pounds ($2.35)

Scaler: 1,400 pounds ($1.89)

Striped bass: 1,200 pounds ($3.89)

Blackbacks: 600 pounds ($2.20)

Other landings

The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in New Bedford handled 102,300 pounds of fish yesterday.

The Whaling City Seafood Display Auction in Boston handled 10,700 pounds of fish yesterday.

No landings were reported yesterday by the New England Fish Exchange in Boston.

The Portland, Maine, Display Auction handled 16,100 pounds of fish Tuesday.

Source: National Marine Fisheries Service