thumb|Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Fish Market. thumb|Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market. [[File:HK FMO SamMunTsaiNewVillagePrimarySchool 2015.jpg|thumb|Former Fish Marketing Organization Sam Mun Tsai New Village Primary School ({{zh|t=漁類統營處三門仔新村小學|labels=no}}) on Yim Tin Tsai, Tai Po District.]] The '''Fish Marketing Organisation''' (FMO, {{zh|t=魚類統營處}}) is a statutory body of Hong Kong, administered by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.<ref name="AFCD">Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: [https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/fisheries/fish_marine/fish_marine.html "Marine Fish Wholesale Marketing"]</ref>
The Fish Marketing Organisation was established as a self-financing non-profit-making organisation<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aud.gov.hk/pdf_e/e66ch02sum.pdf |title=Fresh Food Wholesale Markets. Executive Summary |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Audit Commission (Hong Kong) |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> under the Marine Fish (Marketing) Ordinance, Cap 291 to provide wholesale marketing services through the operation of wholesale fish markets.<ref name="AFCD"/>
==Wholesale fish markets== The FMO operates seven wholesale fish markets in Aberdeen, Shau Kei Wan, Kwun Tong, Cheung Sha Wan, Castle Peak (Tuen Mun), Tai Po and Sai Kung.<ref>Fish Marketing Organisation: [https://www.fmo.org.hk/page?path=%23444&id=20#444 "About FMO"]</ref>
==Schools== The Fish Marketing Organisation was historically also operating schools for the children of fishermen. The first such schools were established by the FMO in 1947 and 1948. By 1980, there were 15 such schools, mostly primary schools and one secondary school.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Acton|first=T. A.|year= 1981|title=Education as a By-product of Fish Marketing|journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 21|pages= 120–143|doi= |url= https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/f47bb899f060bcb1f2aa3ff0c8a30cb4.pdf|issn= 1991-7295|accessdate= }}</ref>
==See also== * Tsing Yi Fishermen's Children's Primary School * Tanka people
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Fish Marketing Organization}} * [https://www.fmo.org.hk/ Official website ]
Category:Statutory bodies in Hong Kong Category:Fishing in China