Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam's tradition of making fish sauce

Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.

Mar 27, 2025 - 07:18
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Climate change and overfishing threaten Vietnam's tradition of making fish sauce
Phan Cong Quang makes fish sauce in his home in Nam O fishing village on March 4.

Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia's food.

(Image credit: Yannick Peterhans)