Thanks to favorable weather, Phu Yen coastal fishing villages are busy all day due to a bumper anchovy season.

This year, the Phu Yen sea area is affected by the northeast monsoon, so the anchovies have less movement. Thanks to that, fishermen from Song Cau town to Dong Hoa town have had a big anchovy season. With a good harvest and good prices, everyone is very excited.

From early morning, many traders at Hon Yen (An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district) sat waiting for fishing boats to come ashore to buy anchovies. This year the weather is favorable so both sellers and buyers are happy.

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Anchovy season in Phu Yen starts from January to August of the lunar calendar. Anchovies often appear in areas 2 - 5 nautical miles from the coast. Fishermen who catch anchovies will go to sea during the day and return to shore at dusk. Those who catch anchovies will go to sea at night and return to shore early in the morning.

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Returning after a night of fishing, Mr. Trinh Minh Vuong (in An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city) said that the first anchovy season this year was quite favorable, a fishing boat (including 5 fishermen) after a night of fishing can achieve a yield of 2 - 3 tons of fish.

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After being caught, anchovies are divided into baskets, each basket weighing 15 - 20 kg, to be sold to traders at a price of 160,000 - 200,000 VND/basket. After deducting expenses, each fisherman earns about 1 - 2 million VND after a fishing trip.

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The anchovies are bought by the traders, steamed, dried in the sun and then classified.

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Anchovies (small size) are the most expensive type. After being finished, they will be sold to export companies at a price of 90,000 - 100,000 VND/kg.

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Medium-sized anchovies and large-sized anchovies will be steamed, then dried to be processed into dried fish products or salted to make fish sauce.

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Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nga (in An Chan commune, Tuy An district), owner of an anchovy processing facility, said: "Since January, the facility has always been busy with workers, thanks to the anchovy season. Large anchovies are purchased for processing, then sold to dried fish processing facilities. Every day, my facility sells 1 - 1.5 tons of dried anchovies."

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Taking advantage of abundant and available raw materials, the coastal villages of Phu Yen province such as My Quang (An Chan commune, Tuy An district), Long Thuy (An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city), Ganh Do (Xuan Tho 2 commune, Song Cau town) have been processing famous fish sauce for generations.

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Taking advantage of the sunny weather, people in Hon Yen (Nhon Hoi village, An Hoa Hai commune, Tuy An district) dry anchovies.

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Mr. Dao Quang Minh, Head of the Department of Fisheries of Phu Yen province, said that since the beginning of the year, the weather has been favorable, so fishermen in coastal areas of Phu Yen have had a good anchovy season. Thanks to the good season, fishing villages are busy all day, and dried fish processing facilities and fish sauce makers in coastal villages have also had an abundant source of raw materials for production, bringing in high income.

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