Those who find themselves in the dawn in one of the small ports of Rijeka are likely to find fishermen carrying night catches from their ships in the Kvarner Bay. City fishermen have no problem with placement; Croatia's largest port always consumes fish, and inevitably catches are sent from the wholesale fish market to continental parts of Croatia. The citizens of Rijeka prefer to buy their fish at Placa, which opened at the end of the 19th century along the seashore, not far

Oni koji se zateknu u praskozorje u nekom od portića grada Rijeke, vjerojatno će zateći ribare kako iz svojih koča prenose noćni ulov u Kvarnerskom zaljevu. Gradski ribari nemaju problema s plasmanom; najveća hrvatska luka uvijek spremno troši ribu, a neizostavno se s veletržnice ribe šalje ulov u kontinentalne predjele Hrvatske. Građani Rijeke svoju ribu najradije kupuju na Placi, koja se otvorila krajem 19. stoljeća uz morsku obalu, nedaleko od drvenog mola na kojemu su lok