Anchovy is now lost in Turkey

While there was a bountiful catch of anchovies during the fishing season in the Black Sea, there has been no trace of this abundance in recent days. At the Trabzon Fish Market, horse mackerel started to replace anchovy on the stalls. While horse mackerel, which was sold for 75 TL per kilo yesterday, is sold for 60 TL today, fishermen stated that they have completely given up hope on anchovies. Fisherman tradesman Cem Yazıcı noted that the anchovies are now finished and said, "Anchovy is completely finished. Now we can say that the horse mackerel season has just begun. Horse mackerel is plentiful, yesterday its price was 75-80 TL, today it is 60 TL. I guess it will drop to 50 TL in the coming days." As of this year, we have given up hope on anchovy. Citizens ate a lot of anchovy this season. This season, there were even days when we sold 5 kilograms of anchovy for 100 TL. The prices of our fish varieties are 200 TL for sargan and 75-100 TL for bonito. After Ramadan, the season is ...