Fish market in the Old Port of Marseille
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The fish market in the
Old Port of
Marseille is a small
fish market made up of around ten stands located in the middle of the
Quai de la Fraternité , at the exit of the “Vieux-Port” stop of the
M1 metro line . Since
Marseille-Provence 2013 European Capital of Culture , the fish market is partially covered by the
Ombrière du Vieux-Port de Marseille , an immense mirror ceiling reflecting the activity of the quay.
Installed from 1909 to 1976 on the Rive Neuve quay in a market hall , today transformed into a national theater called La Criée – Théâtre national de Marseille , the Marseille fish market has since been moved to the port of Saumaty , near L’Estaque . Only this small fish market still remains from the intense Marseille fish farming activity of yesteryear.
Bouillabaisse with Rouille © flickr.com - cyclonebill/cc-by-sa-2.0
Every day, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the middle of the Quai de la Fraternité, at the exit of the “Vieux-Port” stop of the M1 metro line, around ten artisanal fishermen unload their
fish on the quay fished during the night around the old port, the
Frioul islands and the
Massif des Calanques with their
Marseille boats .
The fish are sold at auction to all comers, in a typical Marseille atmosphere, with depending on arrivals:
scorpionfish ,
red mullet ,
greater weever ,
whiting ,
red gurnard ,
forkbeard ,
sardines ,
anchovies ,
cod ,
sea bream ,
bass ,
mackerel ,
mullet ,
ballan wrasse ,
sole ,
Peter’s fish ,
common pandora ,
monkfish ,
turbot ,
sea bream ,
conger eel ,
grouper ,
moray eel ,
eel ,
tuna ,
octopus ,
slipper lobster ,
spiny lobsters ,
lobster ,
prawns ,
sea urchin and more. Some restaurants in the old port and the seaside offer them on their Marseille cuisine menu, grilled in
olive oil , or in
sardinade ,
anchoïade ,
Aïoli garni ,
fish soup or
bouillabaisse .
Read more on
marseille-tourisme.com – Gastronomy: 7 specialities to enjoy in Marseille ,
Wikipedia Provence Cuisine ,
Wikipedia Bouillabaisse ,
Wikipedia List of seafood dishes and
marseille-tourisme.com – La Criée: Marseille’s Old Port fish market (
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