Retail fish market: Chinatown, Sydney.

Wholesale fish market: Frozen tuna in the Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo.

A fish market is a marketplace used for the trade in and sale of fish and other seafood. It can be dedicated to wholesale trade between fishermen and fish merchants, or to the sale of seafood to individual consumers, or to both. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1549 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fish market Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1549 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Fish market Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Sydneys Chinatown Market City Sydneys Chinatown is located within the southern central business district of the City of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in the Haymarket area between Central Station and Darling Harbour. ... Download high resolution version (1592x625, 268 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1592x625, 268 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Species See text. ... Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome End of the fresh tuna auction at Tsukiji. ... A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. ... A fruit stand at a market. ... Sale is the name of several places: Sale, Victoria, Australia Sale, Greater Manchester, England Sale, Italy (pronunciation: SAH-leh) - in the province of Alessandria Salè, Morocco Sale Marasino (first pronunciation: SAH-leh), an Italian commune in the province of Brescia Sale is also a type of contract for the exchange... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Spaghetti with seafood (Spaghetti allo scoglio). ... Wholesaling consists of the sale of goods/merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or other professional business users or to other wholesalers and related subordinated services. ... Categories: Stub ... Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... This article is about consumers in economics. ...

Fish market can also refer to the market for fish products in general, but this article is concerned with physical marketplaces. Look up Market in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History and development

Because seafood is quick to spoil, fish markets are historically most often found in seaside towns, but (if ice or other simple cooling methods were available) some were also established in large inland cities that had good trade routes to the coast. Rotting fruit Decomposition (or spoilage) is a phenomenon common in the sciences of biology and chemistry. ... Snowflakes by Wilson Bentley, 1902 Ice is the name given to any one of the 14 known solid phases of water. ... Heat flow along perfectly insulated wire Conduction is the transfer of heat or electric current from one substance to another by direct contact. ... A trade route is the sequence of pathways and stopping places used for the commercial transport of cargo. ...

Since refrigeration and rapid transport became available in the 19th and 20th century, fish markets can technically be established at any place. However, because modern trade logistics in general has shifted away from marketplaces and towards retail outlets, such as supermarkets, most seafood worldwide is now sold to consumers through these venues, like most other foodstuffs. It has been suggested that Refrigerator be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ... Food from plant sources Food is any substance normally eaten or drunk by living organisms. ...

Consequently, most major fish markets now mainly deal with wholesale trade, and the existing major fish retail markets continue to operate as much for traditional reasons as for commercial ones. Both types of fish markets are often tourist attractions as well. A tourist attraction is a place where tourists, foreign and domestic, normally visit. ...

Notable fish markets

The following is an incomplete list of notable fish markets (see also a list of fish market articles.).

Operative markets

• Billingsgate Fish Market, London, United Kingdom
• Busan Cooperative Fish Market, Busan, South Korea
• Fulton Fish Market, New York, USA
• Maine Avenue Fish Market, Washington, D.C., USA
• Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo, Japan; the world's largest fish market
• Feskekôrka, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Situated now in East London, Billingsgate Fish Market is the United Kingdoms largest inland fish market. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... The Busan Cooperative Fish Market, or BCFM, is the largest fish market in South Korea. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan, is the largest port city in South Korea. ... The Markets Interior The Fulton Fish Market located along the East River waterfront at and above Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, was the most important wholesale fish market in the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Fresh seafood laid out on one of several floating barge vendors. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) City Council Chairperson: Linda W. Cropp (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... Tsukiji as seen from Shiodome End of the fresh tuna auction at Tsukiji. ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... The Fish Church in Gothenburg Feskekôrka (The Fish Church) is an indoor fish market in Gothenburg, Sweden, which got its name from the buildings resemblance to a Gothic church. ... Location of Gothenburg in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden County Västra Götaland County Province Västergötland Charter 1621 Mayor Göran Johansson Area    - City 450 km²  (174 sq mi)  - Water 14,5 km² (5,6 sq mi)  3,2%  - Urban 199 km² (77 sq mi)  - Metro 3717...

Historical markets

• Scania Market, a historical annual market at the Falsterbo Peninsula

The annual Scania Market for herring was a major event in the Hanseatic world around the Baltic Sea, and the cornerstone of the Hanseatic Leagues wealth. ... Location of the Skanör-Falsterbo Peninsula within Vellinge Municipality, in Swedens southernmost province Skåne. ...

See also

• Wet market
• Auction