The Retail Fish Market in Chioggia

Chioggia lives in symbiosis with its "retail" market. A historic place where the area's fishmongers gather to grab the best catch of the day. The fish that is marketed in Chioggia's Retail Fish Market comes from the wholesale market, located a few kilometers away. Once unloaded from the fishing boats at first light in the morning, the fish is contracted and then sorted at all the markets in the area, including this "retail" one. The fishing system designed in the lagoon allows the supply of both sought-after fish such as sole, sea bream, sea bass, and scallops, and more modest fish such as sardines and anchovies. The best-selling fish products are, as always, cuttlefish, squid, shrimps, mantis shrimps, octopuses and crabs, while as far as mussels are concerned, caparossoli, peoci and bevarasse are the most popular.