fishmonger
Sign in to saveAlso known as fishwife, fish trader, fish seller
thumb|A fishmonger in Pike Place Market on the waterfront of [[Seattle.]] A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers, and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries, modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- salesperson
- Image
- Fishmonger flaking.jpg
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- female form of label
- fiŝvendistino
- OpenStreetMap tag
- shop=fishmonger
- uses
- seafood market
- Commons category
- Fishmongers
- male form of label
- poissonnier
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
- Tools
- Fishmongers in culture
- Historic fishmongers
- Gallery
- References
- External links
thumb|A fishmonger in Pike Place Market on the waterfront of [[Seattle.]] A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers, and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries, modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.
==Worshipful Company of Fishmongers== thumb|left|A 16th-century fishmongers stall. Bartolomeo Passarotti.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fishmonger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.