Coming from a shopping centre with fish (8)
I believe the answer is:
approach
'coming' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a shopping centre with fish' is the wordplay.
'centre' indicates the central letters.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fish' becomes 'roach' (roach is a type of fish).
The centre of 'shopping' is 'pp'.
'a'+'pp'+'roach'='APPROACH'
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for approach that I've seen before include "Come near or nearer to" , "Come closer" , "initial proposal" , "Come towards" , "Move towards" .)