fish trade
Selling the catch
The fish trade is the commercial buying and selling of fish and seafood—from local markets to global supply chains.
It encompasses fresh, frozen, and processed fish moving between fishermen, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers: The fish trade in this port town goes back centuries.
The term can also refer to the industry collectively: She's worked in the fish trade her whole life.
- seafood industryBusiness of harvesting marine life
- canningAirtight food preservation
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- exportForeign-bound sale
- trawlingNet-dragging fishing method
demand · fresh catch · quotas · wholesale markets · supply chains · eco-labeling · overfishing · fishing rights · pricing · filleting · customs clearance · tariffs · auction houses · longlining · fishing nets · shipping routes · port town · tuna
- food tradealmonds, farm produce, walnuts, fresh produce, olive oil
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- trade historycommerce, merchant, traders, colonial economy, trader
- ancient tradeSilk Road, caravan routes, sea routes, river routes, maritime routes
- fish trademarket price, auction price, fresh catch, frozen seafood, landing
- Indigenous Tradebartering, gift economy, reciprocity, marketplace, cacao beans
fish tradesport fishing
Recreational pursuit of fish
recreational fishing · catch-and-release fishing · fly fishing · subsistence fishing
fish tradecattle trade
Commerce in bovines
livestock trade · grain trade · beef industry · timber trade · fur trade