Summer heat hit the chestnuts, anchovies took their place

Due to the extreme heat experienced in the summer season, the warming of the sea water negatively affected the bream population. This season, anchovies have taken the place of bream on the fishmongers' stalls. Unlike bream, which was abundant last year but is not available on the stalls this season because it did not produce roe due to the heat, there is an abundance of anchovies. With the abundance, the price of anchovies on the stalls is finding buyers from 100 TL per kilogram. "There is an abundance of anchovies" Ali Tanrıverdi, who has been fishing in Düzce for 28 years, stated that there is an abundance of anchovies in the season, saying, "There is activity. Citizens can eat plenty of anchovies. The prices are also very good right now. Anchovies are available from 100 TL, mullet from 250 TL. The prices are good, but there is no bream." Attributing the absence of bream to the heat, Tanrıverdi said, "There is no bream. There is little bream this year. It did not produce roe ...