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U. S. BUREAU OF ElSKElllES 



FULTON MARKET 



The wholesale fresh and frozen fishery trade in New York City is 

 conducted almost exclusively in the several blocks adjacent to the 

 foot of Fulton Street in the area known as the Fulton Fish Market. 

 This market occupies the foremost position among the wholesale 



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FULTON FISH MARKET 



FULTON FISH MARKET 



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tiG. 2.— Wholesale fish-market area in New York City, showing Fulton and Peck Slip markets 



fresh-fish markets of the United States, and whatever may be done 

 to better conditions there and to handle the trade more efficiently 

 will be reflected over the entire country. Nearly every shipper of 

 fish has at one time or another sent his product to tlds market, 

 which serves approximately one-fifth the population of the United 

 States. 



