Over 100,000 people are expected to flock to Sydney’s Fish Market in Pyrmont today as it kicks off its famous 36-hour marathon trading from 5am until 5pm on Christmas Eve.
This comes as Sydney fishmongers have experienced a bumper crop of prawns and other seafood after the record high rainfalls along the east coast of Australia in recent months.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the plentiful supply of seafood will see prices as low as $20 a kilo for tiger and king prawns.
Chief Executive of the Seafood Industry Australia, Veronica Papacosta, said this year’s high quality products and prices will see Australian seafood “firmly cemented… as the centrepiece for the quintessential Aussie Christmas lunch.”
“Gone are the days of slaving over a hot oven,” Ms Papacosta told The Daily Telegraph.
“Nowadays people opt to enjoy some of our delicious, fresh rock oysters with a squeeze of lemon, a few kilos of prawns, a side of smoked salmon, and some of our fantastic rock lobsters.”
Ms Papacosta said prawns are traditionally the biggest seller of the festive season and encouraged people to speak with their local seafood retailer “about your local school prawns, which are often really sweet and can be eaten whole.”
This bumper seafood season comes as Australians are planning to eat, drink and be merry for Christmas in record numbers this year, with spending on food alone estimated to hit $23.4 billion.
Source: The Daily Telegraph.
