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 ABU DHABI FISH MARKET, MINA PORT, ABU DHABI, UAE

Mina Fish Market Sign, Abu Dhabi Fish Market


On Friday morning, a visit to the Mina Port Fish Market and a shopping spree of fresh seafood is a good way to spend your hard earned salary. At 7:30 a.m. the fish market is already packed with shoppers. Most of them are Filipinos who are working here in UAE.

The fish market at the old fishing village is a covered and air-conditioned market where both locals and expats of all ages were bargaining for the freshest seafood.



The good thing about buying your seafood supply from Mina Fish Market, aside from it being fresh and the first catch of the day, is you can haggle for the price. For those expats who are penny pinchers this is definitely heaven. All kinds of fish, squids, prawns and crabs lined up every stall with vendors barking their prices. Tip for the first time seafood buyers go from stall to stall before buying, you'll never know when you can get a good price for a kilo of crab till you completely scanned every stall. By the way, just make sure you remember the stall that bid the lowest price, because they all look the same. Also another point for buying fish from the fish market is that you can have the fish cleaned and have it cooked right away at the grilling station at the other wing of the building unlike at the mall.

Modern conveniences - such as refrigeration - have changed the look of the Abu Dhabi Fish Market, one of the country's biggest. / Image Credit: Ravindranath/Gulf News

 Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.4 kilometre away from Port Road; 0.4 kilometre away from Al-meena Street; 1.1 kilometre away from Al Falah Street; 1.5 kilometre away from Sheikh Hamandan Bin Mohammad Street; 1.7 kilometre away from Corniche Road; Abu Dhabi Fish Market is geographically located at latitude (24.5137 degrees) 24° 30' 49" North of the Equator and longitude (54.3747 degrees) 54° 22' 28" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Abu Dhabi.

The locations related to Abu Dhabi Fish Market are represented by the shortest path a radio wave would travel and may not be nearest by road. For example, Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.5 kilometre from Free Port Zone. Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.5 kilometre from UAE Customs Department. Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.6 kilometre from Abu Dhabi Vegetable Market. Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.6 kilometre from Mina Carpet Market. Abu Dhabi Fish Market is located 0.7 kilometre from Afghan Bazaar.