Venice fish market under threat
VENICE Fish Market, one of the oldest of its kind in the world, is under threat. The Rialto market opened 921 years ago in 1097 and became a symbol of the city’s commercial dynamism.
But the number of fish merchants has been declining and now there are barely a handful left.
Andrea Vio, whose family has been running a fish stall for more than 60 years, told the Daily Telegraph that he used to sell 30 boxes of fish a day, but that figure has now dropped to four or five.
He is blaming mass tourism and rising costs for the market’s demise. The tourists come to watch, but they rarely buy, he said.