100,000 prepare for fishy Christmas feast

Tens of thousands of people are expected to stock up on seafood at the Sydney Fish Markets. Source: AAP

FORGET the ham - 100,000 Sydneysiders are expected to stock up at the Sydney Fish Markets this Christmas.

The doors opened at 5am (AEDT) on Sunday and won't close until 5pm on Christmas Eve for an annual tradition, the 36-hour seafood marathon.

General manager Bryan Skepper told AAP families could beat the heat and crowds by coming at night.

"Midnight is one of my favourite times to see the mums and dads coming in, and they'll have the children with them with their caps on," he said.

"They come in, get their seafood and head home to wait for Santa."

Market retailers expected to sell 840,000 oysters and 100 tonnes of prawns over the holiday period, Mr Skepper said.

"Then there's lobsters for those with a bigger budget, or if you want something a little different, throw some snapper or octopus on the barbecue," he said.

NSW Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson was among those who showed up at the Pyrmont markets early on Sunday morning.

She told AAP families could give local fishers a Christmas pressie by buying seafood that was grown or caught in Australia or, even better, NSW.

"We're trying to help our commercial fishing industry, it's a very important industry to the NSW economy and unfortunately a lot of seafood is actually imported," she said, adding that about 70 per cent of seafood eaten in Australia was sourced abroad.

"When you're buying your seafood, look out for the signs that say 'product of Australia'."

Local sustainable seafood products include mullet, bream, whiting, flathead, kingfish, a variety of oysters, prawns, blue swimmer crabs, mud crabs, and rock lobsters.

The Sydney Fish Markets stay open until Monday evening and light rail services will run through the night.

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