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Sydney’s new fish market will join the world’s biggest as an attraction
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Fish have been traded for millennia. There is evidence of sophisticated seafood markets in China dating back more than 3000 years. Jerusalem’s Fish Gate is referenced in the Old Testament. In Australia, the fish traps at Brewarrina (Baiame’s Ngunnhu) in outback NSW – estimated to be anywhere from several thousand to up to 40,000 years old – also had trading aspects to them.
For contemporary seaside communities, fish markets are integral to local identity, and none display that relationship more prominently – or more proudly – than Sydney, where the working harbour colours every aspect of life and the fruits of the fresh catch appear on tables and menus as everything from easy family meals to exquisite fine dining.
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This year’s Christmas marathon, when sellers open for 36 hours, will be the 30th and last at the current site. Retailers are expecting a “last hurrah” rush.
GetFish owner Tony Muollo says he will miss the charm of the current fish market, but he’s ready to move on to a facility that will make distributing and selling fish easier. Oscar Colman
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″The old Fish Market has been good to me, but every era has its use-by date.”
GetFish founder Tony Muollo is feeling more pragmatic than sentimental as he prepares his retail store at the Sydney Fish Market for the annual Christmas marathon next week. The marathon – during which retailers open their doors for 36 hours straight, from 5am on December 23 to 5pm on Christmas Eve – will be the 30th and the last at its current site.
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