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The Sydney Fish Market is a fish market in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The market sits on the Blackwattle Bay foreshore in Pyrmont, 2 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district. It is the world's third largest fish market.

Features

Sydney Fish Market incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish market, fresh seafood retail market, a delicatessen, a sushi bar, a bakery, a gift shop, a fruit and vegetable market, a new meat deli, a beverage outlet, a seafood cooking school, indoor seating and an outdoor promenade for visitors. There are daily wholesale auctions for Sydney's seafood retailers.

History

Earlier fish markets in Sydney

The original Fish Market was established, in 1871, at Woolloomooloo,^[1] then and for many years later the mooring site of the local Sydney fishing fleet.^[2] It expanded over time to occupy the block bounded by Bourke, Plunkett, Forbes and Wilson Streets, Woolloomooloo.^[1]

Unhygienic conditions at the Woolloomooloo market and the extension of railways to the coastal areas to the north of Sydney led to the formation, in 1891, of a second, more modern, privately owned fish market^[3]—known as the 'Southern Fish Market'^[4]—located at Redfern Street, Redfern.^[5] In 1892, the Woolloomooloo market was expanded for the last time, then becoming known as the 'Eastern Market'.^[1] The Sydney City Council had passed a bylaw requiring that any fish sold in Sydney was first inspected at the Woolloomooloo market,^[6] jeopardising the railway-based business model of the Redfern market and its ability to directly market fish from Botany.^[7] In 1897, the 'Southern Market' buildings were for sale at auction^[8] but the market operations continued, opening a new building in 1903.^[7] Around 1907–1908, the Woolloomooloo market was taken over by the Sydney City Council, without compensation; that led to the exodus of some agents to the 'Southern Market',^[9] which was further expanded in 1910^[10] after being incorporated as Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited in 1908.^[11]^[5]

A newer Municipal Fish Market, opened in 1911, at the corner of Thomas and Engine Streets in the Haymarket area;^[12] it was also known as the 'City Fish Market'. It was a part of the produce market complex that the Sydney City Council had constructed in the Haymarket. The original market at Woolloomooloo continued to operate, but in a greatly diminished form.^[13]

For a time, Sydney had three separate 'fish markets'; the privately owned market at Redfern was in open conflict with the City Council,^[14] owner of the 'City' and old Woolloomooloo markets. The Council had the backing of the N.S.W. State Government, which passed an Act—The Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act, 1922 (Act No. 39, 1922)—that empowered the City Council to acquire the assets of Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited and to centralize fish marketing operations in Sydney at the Municipal Market.^[15]

The end of the 'Southern Market' came in early 1923.^[16] The Colonial Secretary of NSW, Charles Oakes, had refused to renew licences of fish agents who operated at the Redfern market^[9]^[17] and the Fisherman's Union agreed to only supply fish to the 'City Fish Market', which subsequently became a profitable monopoly;^[18] that forced the Redfern agents to move to Haymarket and the City Council purchased the disused Redfern market building.^[19] The Redfern market building became a hostel for the unemployed during the Great Depression.^[20] The dormant 'Eastern Market' site at Woolloomooloo was sold to John Wren in 1926.^[21]

The Fish Market remained in Haymarket, until it relocated to its current location at Blackwattle Bay in 1966.^[12]

Current market at Blackwattle Bay

The wholesale marketing of fish in Sydney originally was in the hands of licensed agents at Haymarket. At places other than Sydney, unlicensed operators—most typically fishermen's cooperatives—marketed fish. The Fish Marketing Authority was established in 1964, by the NSW State Government, and it established a regulated wholesale market. The new organisation relocated the Fish Market to Blackwattle Bay in 1966.^[22]

During the 1980s, new buildings were erected. These both provided an improved auction floor and expanded the secondary role of the Sydney Fish Market as a visitor attraction and retail venue.

Until 1989, fish was sold, under a traditional 'voice' auction, to the highest bidder. A computerised Dutch auction system was introduced in October 1989, greatly increasing the efficiency of the sale process.^[22]

The Sydney Fish Market was privatised, in 1994, as Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd. This company is owned in equal parts by the harvesting and marketing sectors of the N.S.W. seafood industry—the Catchers Trust of N.S.W. and the Sydney Fish Market Tenants and Merchants Pty Ltd.^[23]

Between 1997 and 1999, fish marketing was deregulated in stages and the Sydney Fish Market lost its monopoly in Sydney.^[22] However, the efficiency and scale of the auctioning operations at Blackwattle Bay means that a large amount of seafood still goes through the Sydney Fish Market.

Although it draws over 3.5-million visitors per year, in recent years, there has been criticism of the aesthetics and environmental aspects of the market facilities. Earlier plans to upgrade the market site have not eventuated and the site has been described as dirty and smelly; authentic perhaps, but not an ideal tourist destination.^[12]

Crash

In September 2023, a big crane crashed into the market. One person was injured^[24]

Future planned redevelopment

The current and future sites of the Sydney Fish Market are located in the Bays Market District - one of the Bays Precinct's "destinations" used by UrbanGrowth NSW planners.

On 7 November 2016, the New South Wales Government announced the market would move to a new 35,000 sq m complex on an adjacent site. The new complex will include 15,500 sq m of seafood retail space – compared with 6582 sq m of space for the existing site.^[25]^[26] On 17 June 2020, the New South Wales Government approved the final plans for the new markets.^[27] Completion is scheduled for late 2024.^[28]

The redevelopment forms part of the New South Wales Government's Bays Precinct urban renewal program.

Mural

The mural inside Sydney Fish Market was designed by Australian artist Keith Howland. It is made up of about 400 individually glazed ceramic tiles and measures eight metres long and four metres wide and was installed in 1990. It took the artist about 12 months to complete and it depicts the fishing industry in New South Wales from Yamba on the Far North Coast to Sydney.

Transport

The Fish Market tram stop on the L1 Dulwich Hill Line is located nearby.^[29] The market is also served by the 501 bus route.^[30]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (27 June 2016). "Fish Market Woolloomooloo - Sydney". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "First blessing of fishing fleet". Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954). 24 April 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "City of Sydney Improvements". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 21 November 1891.
^ "New fish Markets". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 20 November 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "NOTES AND COMMENTS". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 6 November 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "REDFERN FISH MARKET". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 29 October 1898. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "A NEW FISH MARKET OPENED". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 6 April 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1897. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "FISH SALES. - MUNICIPAL v. PRIVATE MARKETS. THE CASE FOR REDFERN. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 20 May 1922". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ "COMPANY MEETING". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 20 August 1910. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "COOPERATIVE FISH EXCHANGE". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 17 August 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sydney Architecture Images- Demolished- Woolloomooloo Fish Markets". sydneyarchitecture.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "NOT A FISH MARKET - Woolloomooloo Depot". The Sun (Sydney, NSW). 28 May 1915.
^ "FISH FIGHT". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 3 May 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ New South Wales Parliament (29 November 1922). "Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act. (Act 39, 1922)" (PDF).
^ "REDFERN FISH EXCHANGE". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 29 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "CITY FISH MARKET". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 28 January 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "FISH MARKET". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 7 November 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "REDFERN FISH MARKETS". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 31 January 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "Beds in the Redfern fish markets during the Great Depression, Sydney, 29 May 1932 [picture]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "REAL ESTATE". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 4 December 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sydney Fish Market | Market History". www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "Sydney Fish Market | Our Company". www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Worker injured after crane collapse at new Sydney Fish Market site". 28 September 2023.
^ Tan, Su-Lin (7 November 2016). "NSW government announces $250 million Sydney Fish Market". The Australian Financial Review.
^ "Here's the final design for the massive new fish market planned for Sydney". Business Insider. 2 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018.
^ The New Sydney Fish Market Sydney Fish Market
^ "SFM Redevelopment". Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ Fish Market Light Rail Stop Transport for NSW
^ "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

External links

S. Colley and R. Brownlee 2010 'Archaeological Fish Bones Online: a digital archive of Sydney fishes', Internet Archaeology 29. doi:10.11141/ia.29.2
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[:1-1] State Library of New South Wales, Sydney (27 June 2016). "Fish Market Woolloomooloo - Sydney". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[2] "First blessing of fishing fleet". Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954). 24 April 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[3] "City of Sydney Improvements". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 21 November 1891.

[4] "New fish Markets". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 20 November 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[:4-5] "NOTES AND COMMENTS". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 6 November 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[6] "REDFERN FISH MARKET". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 29 October 1898. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[:5-7] "A NEW FISH MARKET OPENED". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 6 April 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[8] "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 1897. p. 14. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[:6-9] "FISH SALES. - MUNICIPAL v. PRIVATE MARKETS. THE CASE FOR REDFERN. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 20 May 1922". Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[:3-10] "COMPANY MEETING". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 20 August 1910. p. 18. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[11] "COOPERATIVE FISH EXCHANGE". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). 17 August 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[:0-12] "Sydney Architecture Images- Demolished- Woolloomooloo Fish Markets". sydneyarchitecture.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[13] "NOT A FISH MARKET - Woolloomooloo Depot". The Sun (Sydney, NSW). 28 May 1915.

[14] "FISH FIGHT". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 3 May 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[15] New South Wales Parliament (29 November 1922). "Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act. (Act 39, 1922)" (PDF).

[16] "REDFERN FISH EXCHANGE". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 29 December 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[17] "CITY FISH MARKET". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 28 January 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[18] "FISH MARKET". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 7 November 1923. p. 12. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[19] "REDFERN FISH MARKETS". Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954). 31 January 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[20] "Beds in the Redfern fish markets during the Great Depression, Sydney, 29 May 1932 [picture]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[21] "REAL ESTATE". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930). 4 December 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[:2-22] "Sydney Fish Market | Market History". www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[23] "Sydney Fish Market | Our Company". www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[24] "Worker injured after crane collapse at new Sydney Fish Market site". 28 September 2023.

[25] Tan, Su-Lin (7 November 2016). "NSW government announces $250 million Sydney Fish Market". The Australian Financial Review.

[26] "Here's the final design for the massive new fish market planned for Sydney". Business Insider. 2 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018.

[27] The New Sydney Fish Market Sydney Fish Market

[28] "SFM Redevelopment". Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[29] Fish Market Light Rail Stop Transport for NSW

[30] "| transportnsw.info". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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 ==Features==
-[[File:Sydney fish market.JPG|thumb|263x263px|right|Terrace next to the port]]Sydney Fish Market incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish market, fresh seafood retail market, a delicatessen, a sushi bar, a bakery, a gift shop, a fruit and vegetable market, a florist, a new meat deli, a beverage outlet, a seafood cooking school, indoor seating and an outdoor promenade for visitors. There are daily wholesale auctions for Sydney's seafood retailers.
+[[File:Sydney fish market.JPG|thumb|263x263px|right|Terrace next to the port]]Sydney Fish Market incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish market, fresh seafood retail market, a delicatessen, a sushi bar, a bakery, a gift shop, a fruit and vegetable market, a new meat deli, a beverage outlet, a seafood cooking school, indoor seating and an outdoor promenade for visitors. There are daily wholesale auctions for Sydney's seafood retailers.
 ==History==
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 The original Fish Market was established, in 1871, at [[Woolloomooloo]],<ref name=":1" /> then and for many years later the mooring site of the local Sydney fishing fleet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147082736|title=First blessing of fishing fleet|date=1952-04-24|work=Catholic Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1942 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=2}}</ref> It expanded over time to occupy the block bounded by Bourke, Plunkett, Forbes and Wilson Streets, Woolloomooloo.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-items/fish-market-woolloomooloo-sydney|title=Fish Market Woolloomooloo - Sydney|last=State Library of New South Wales|first=Sydney|date=2016-06-27|website=State Library of NSW|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref>
-Unhygienic conditions at the Woolloomooloo market and the extension of railways to the coastal areas to the north of Sydney led to the formation, in 1891, of a second, more modern, privately-owned fish market<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111995992|title=City of Sydney Improvements|date=21 Nov 1891|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)}}</ref>—known as the 'Southern Fish Market'<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111991662|title=New fish Markets.|date=1891-11-20|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=4}}</ref>—located at Redfern Street,  [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14994798|title=NOTES AND COMMENTS.|date=1908-11-06|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=9}}</ref>  In 1892, the Woolloomooloo market was expanded for the last time, then becoming known as the 'Eastern Market'.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Sydney City Council]] had passed a bylaw requiring that any fish sold in Sydney was first inspected at the Woolloomooloo market,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239453580|title=REDFERN FISH MARKET.|date=1898-10-29|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=14}}</ref> jeopardising the railway-based business model of the Redfern market and its ability to directly market fish from [[Botany, New South Wales|Botany]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14557905|title=A NEW FISH MARKET OPENED.|date=1903-04-06|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=4}}</ref> In 1897, the 'Southern Market' buildings were for sale at auction<ref>{{Cite news|last=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14121968|title=Advertising|date=15 May 1897|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=14}}</ref> but the market operations continued, opening a new building in 1903.<ref name=":5" />  Around 1907-1908, the Woolloomooloo market was taken over by the Sydney City Council, without compensation; that led to the exodus of some agents to the 'Southern Market',<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16003322|title=FISH SALES. - MUNICIPAL v. PRIVATE MARKETS. THE CASE FOR REDFERN. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 20 May 1922|website=Trove|page=14|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> which was further expanded in 1910<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238010486|title=COMPANY MEETING.|date=1910-08-20|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=18}}</ref> after being incorporated as Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited in 1908.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114768164|title=COOPERATIVE FISH EXCHANGE|date=1909-08-17|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=8}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
+Unhygienic conditions at the Woolloomooloo market and the extension of railways to the coastal areas to the north of Sydney led to the formation, in 1891, of a second, more modern, privately owned fish market<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111995992|title=City of Sydney Improvements|date=21 Nov 1891|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)}}</ref>—known as the 'Southern Fish Market'<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111991662|title=New fish Markets.|date=1891-11-20|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=4}}</ref>—located at Redfern Street,  [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14994798|title=NOTES AND COMMENTS.|date=1908-11-06|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=9}}</ref>  In 1892, the Woolloomooloo market was expanded for the last time, then becoming known as the 'Eastern Market'.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Sydney City Council]] had passed a bylaw requiring that any fish sold in Sydney was first inspected at the Woolloomooloo market,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239453580|title=REDFERN FISH MARKET.|date=1898-10-29|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=14}}</ref> jeopardising the railway-based business model of the Redfern market and its ability to directly market fish from [[Botany, New South Wales|Botany]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14557905|title=A NEW FISH MARKET OPENED.|date=1903-04-06|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=4}}</ref> In 1897, the 'Southern Market' buildings were for sale at auction<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14121968|title=Advertising|date=15 May 1897|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|page=14|accessdate=7 February 2020}}</ref> but the market operations continued, opening a new building in 1903.<ref name=":5" />  Around 1907–1908, the Woolloomooloo market was taken over by the Sydney City Council, without compensation; that led to the exodus of some agents to the 'Southern Market',<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16003322|title=FISH SALES. - MUNICIPAL v. PRIVATE MARKETS. THE CASE FOR REDFERN. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 20 May 1922|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 May 1922 |page=14|language=en|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> which was further expanded in 1910<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238010486|title=COMPANY MEETING.|date=1910-08-20|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=18}}</ref> after being incorporated as Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited in 1908.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114768164|title=COOPERATIVE FISH EXCHANGE|date=1909-08-17|work=Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=8}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
 A newer Municipal Fish Market, opened in 1911, at the corner of Thomas and Engine Streets in the [[Haymarket, New South Wales|Haymarket]] area;<ref name=":0" /> it was also known as the 'City Fish Market'. It was a part of the produce market complex  that the Sydney City Council had constructed in the Haymarket. The original market at Woolloomooloo continued to operate, but in a greatly diminished form.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229334018|title=NOT A FISH MARKET - Woolloomooloo Depot|date=28 May 1915|work=The Sun (Sydney, NSW)}}</ref>
-For a  time, Sydney had three separate 'fish markets'; the privately-owned market at Redfern was in open conflict with the City Council,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223956411|title=FISH FIGHT|date=1922-05-03|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=8}}</ref> owner of the 'City' and old Woolloomooloo markets. The Council had the backing of the N.S.W. State Government, which passed an Act—The Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act, 1922 (Act No. 39, 1922)—that empowered the City Council to acquire the assets of Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited and to centralize fish marketing operations in Sydney at the Municipal Market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1922-39.pdf|title=Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act. (Act 39, 1922)|last=New South Wales Parliament|date=29 November 1922}}</ref>
+For a time, Sydney had three separate 'fish markets'; the privately owned market at Redfern was in open conflict with the City Council,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223956411|title=FISH FIGHT|date=1922-05-03|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=8}}</ref> owner of the 'City' and old Woolloomooloo markets. The Council had the backing of the N.S.W. State Government, which passed an Act—The Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act, 1922 (Act No. 39, 1922)—that empowered the City Council to acquire the assets of Commonwealth Cooperative Fish Exchange Limited and to centralize fish marketing operations in Sydney at the Municipal Market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1922-39.pdf|title=Sydney Corporation (Fish Markets) Act. (Act 39, 1922)|last=New South Wales Parliament|date=29 November 1922}}</ref>
 The end of the 'Southern Market' came in early 1923.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224164131|title=REDFERN FISH EXCHANGE|date=1922-12-29|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=5}}</ref> The [[Chief Secretary of New South Wales|Colonial Secretary of NSW]], [[Charles Oakes]], had refused to renew licences of fish agents who operated at the Redfern market<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223446189|title=CITY FISH MARKET|date=1923-01-28|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=5}}</ref> and the Fisherman's Union agreed to only supply fish to the 'City Fish Market', which subsequently became a profitable monopoly;<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16104522|title=FISH MARKET.|date=1923-11-07|work=Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=12}}</ref> that forced the Redfern agents to move to Haymarket and the City Council purchased the disused Redfern market building.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223445480|title=REDFERN FISH MARKETS|date=1923-01-31|work=Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=7}}</ref> The Redfern market building became a hostel for the unemployed during the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160088849|title=Beds in the Redfern fish markets during the Great Depression, Sydney, 29 May 1932 [picture].|website=nla.gov.au|language=en|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> The dormant 'Eastern Market' site at Woolloomooloo was sold to [[John Wren]] in 1926.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245915370|title=REAL ESTATE|date=1926-12-04|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930)|access-date=2020-02-07|pages=10}}</ref>
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 Although it draws over 3.5-million visitors per year, in recent years, there has been criticism of the aesthetics and environmental aspects of the market facilities. Earlier plans to upgrade the market site have not eventuated and the site has been described as dirty and smelly; authentic perhaps, but not an ideal tourist destination.<ref name=":0" />
+===Crash===
+In September 2023, a big crane crashed into the market. One person was injured<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-crane-collapses-at-fish-markets/40f830b9-b69f-4abc-86cf-0c90f76ba883 | title=Worker injured after crane collapse at new Sydney Fish Market site | date=28 September 2023 }}</ref>
 == Future planned redevelopment ==
-{{mapbox|from=Bays Precinct districts.map|zoom=15|text=The current and future sites of the Sydney Fish Market are located in the Bays Market District - one of the Bays Precinct's "destinations" used by UrbanGrowth NSW planners.}}On 7 November 2016, the [[New South Wales Government]] announced the market would move to a new 35,000 sq m complex on an adjacent site. The new complex will include 15,500 sq m of seafood retail space – compared with 6582 sq m of space for the existing site.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Su-Lin|title=NSW government announces $250 million Sydney Fish Market|url=http://www.afr.com/real-estate/nsw-government-announces-250-million-sydney-fish-market-20161107-gsjpa1|work=The Australian Financial Review|date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Here's the final design for the massive new fish market planned for Sydney|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/heres-the-final-design-for-the-massive-new-fish-market-planned-for-sydney-2018-12|publisher=Business Insider|date=2 December 2018}}</ref> On 17 June 2020, the New South Wales Government approved the final plans for the new markets.<ref>[https://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Corporate/Redevelopment The New Sydney Fish Market] Sydney Fish Market</ref>
+{{mapbox|from=Bays Precinct districts.map|zoom=15|text=The current and future sites of the Sydney Fish Market are located in the Bays Market District - one of the Bays Precinct's "destinations" used by UrbanGrowth NSW planners.}}On 7 November 2016, the [[New South Wales Government]] announced the market would move to a new 35,000 sq m complex on an adjacent site. The new complex will include 15,500 sq m of seafood retail space – compared with 6582 sq m of space for the existing site.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Su-Lin|title=NSW government announces $250 million Sydney Fish Market|url=http://www.afr.com/real-estate/nsw-government-announces-250-million-sydney-fish-market-20161107-gsjpa1|work=The Australian Financial Review|date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Here's the final design for the massive new fish market planned for Sydney|url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/heres-the-final-design-for-the-massive-new-fish-market-planned-for-sydney-2018-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203221401/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/heres-the-final-design-for-the-massive-new-fish-market-planned-for-sydney-2018-12|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2018|publisher=Business Insider|date=2 December 2018}}</ref> On 17 June 2020, the New South Wales Government approved the final plans for the new markets.<ref>[https://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Corporate/Redevelopment The New Sydney Fish Market] Sydney Fish Market</ref> Completion is scheduled for late 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFM Redevelopment|url=https://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/Corporate/Redevelopment|access-date=2022-02-02}}</ref>
 The redevelopment forms part of the New South Wales Government's [[Bays Precinct]] urban renewal program.
 == Mural ==
-The mural inside Sydney Fish Market was designed by Australian artist Keith Howland. It is made up of about 400 hundred individually glazed ceramic tiles and measures eight metres long and four metres wide and was installed in 1990. It took the artist about 12 months to complete and it depicts the fishing industry in New South Wales from Yamba on the Far North Coast to Sydney.
+The mural inside Sydney Fish Market was designed by Australian artist Keith Howland. It is made up of about 400 individually glazed ceramic tiles and measures eight metres long and four metres wide and was installed in 1990. It took the artist about 12 months to complete and it depicts the fishing industry in New South Wales from Yamba on the Far North Coast to Sydney.
 ==Transport==
-The [[Fish Market tram stop]] on the L1 Dulwich Hill Line is located nearby.<ref>[https://transportnsw.info/stop?q=10101435#/ Fish Market Light Rail Stop] Transport for NSW</ref> The market is also served by the 501 bus route.<ref>{{Cite New South Wales transport timetables|B501}}</ref>
+The [[Fish Market tram stop]] on the L1 Dulwich Hill Line is located nearby.<ref>[https://transportnsw.info/stop?q=10101435#/ Fish Market Light Rail Stop] Transport for NSW</ref> The market is also served by the 501 bus route.<ref>{{Cite web |title={{!}} transportnsw.info |url=https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/501/501/17501 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=transportnsw.info}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 {{Commons category|Sydney Fish Market}}
-* [[Sarah Colley|S. Colley]] and R. Brownlee 2010 [https://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.29.2 'Archaeological Fish Bones Online: a digital archive of Sydney fishes'], ''Internet Archaeology'' 29.
+* [[Sarah Colley|S. Colley]] and R. Brownlee 2010 [https://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.29.2 'Archaeological Fish Bones Online: a digital archive of Sydney fishes'], ''Internet Archaeology'' 29. {{Doi|10.11141/ia.29.2}}
 *[http://www.sydneyfishmarket.com.au/ Sydney Fish Market]
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