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We accompanied a local fishmonger to the new Fulton Fish Market. Here’s what we found

It’s 3 a.m. and I’m standing in the bustling parking lot of the New Fulton Fish Market at Hunt’s Point in the Bronx, New York. I’m waiting for Steve Sclafani, the owner and principal fish buyer for Peter’s Fish Market, a fresh fish shop that has been in Midland Park for 49 years. Sclafani has agreed to let me accompany him on this late-night or early-morning shopping trip to the nation’s biggest fish market. As I wait in the dark, I’m having some thoughts (some of them second). My first thought was that I have finally made it to this amazing place, though maybe 18 years too late. The original Fulton Fish Market was at the tip of Manhattan down by the Brooklyn Bridge. Video, 19 photos, >click to read< 09:49

New York’s restaurants and seafood need help from Congress

Each summer in the Bronx, the New Fulton Fish Market teems with fresh seafood harvested by U.S. fishermen in the waters off New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Fishermen land New York’s famous oysters, lobster, Montauk Sea Bream, and countless other offerings that quickly make their way to restaurants like Grand Banks. In New York and New Jersey alone, the commercial fishing industry is valued at $11 billion. When you consider the additional $17 billion market size for the restaurant industry, the value of these two industries is staggering. They fuel our coastal economy, employ thousands, and are significant economic drivers. >click to read< 16:10