. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. WoolardofWanchese Fish Com- pany get ready for the long trip to the Fulton Fish Market. From left, Capt. BUI Mieschberger consults with Ken Gall of New York Sea Grant at the Fulton Fish Market. The famed market is in lower Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge. 8 SPRING 2004. dodge workers unpacking seafood. At the Fulton market, buyers can choose seafood from more than 60 whole- sale companies crowded into a four-square block. "I heard a billion dollars worth of fish are sold a year at this market,"
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. WoolardofWanchese Fish Com- pany get ready for the long trip to the Fulton Fish Market. From left, Capt. BUI Mieschberger consults with Ken Gall of New York Sea Grant at the Fulton Fish Market. The famed market is in lower Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bridge. 8 SPRING 2004. dodge workers unpacking seafood. At the Fulton market, buyers can choose seafood from more than 60 whole- sale companies crowded into a four-square block. "I heard a billion dollars worth of fish are sold a year at this market," says Vinny Tatick, owner of Joseph H. Carter Co. Inc. Carter and the other wholesale businesses are housed in two open-front buildings owned by the City of New York and individual brick buildings along South Street. Outside, fish brokers work in the market where fish from around the world are displayed on ice — from pink porgy and grouper to octopus and skate. At Caleb Haley, a whole tuna that weighs more than 600 pounds shim- mers under the lights. "This tuna will go to a sushi purveyor," says Duke. After showing off the tuna, Duke holds up a swordfish for a customer. To see how much it weighs, he uses his hook to pick up the fish by the mouth and places it on a scale. "Prices change every day and depend on the available supply of each species and the relationship between the dealer and the buyer and the buyer's credit," says Ken Call, New York Sea Grant seafood specialist Each market has a specialty. At Blue Ribbon Fish Co., they sell only saltwater fish. "Twenty percent of our fish is imported," says Dave Samuels. "Salmon is a big importer at this ; In 2005, the market — which has been in the same location for more than 160 years — will move to the Hunts Point Food Distribution Center in the Bronx. The New York City Economic Develop- ment Corporation is constructing a state-of-the- art, 285,000-square-foot facility with
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