Fish sauce makers on Vietnamese island face ingredient shortage

The owner of a traditional fish sauce-making factory on Phu Quoc Island, southern Vietnam, checks on the condition of barrels of the local specialty "nuoc mam" in this file photo taken on Dec. 22, 2014. Fish sauce makers on the island are faced with a serious shortage of anchovies, the main ingredient, due partly to a surge in Chinese merchants buying up the small fish caught by island fishermen as well as a decline in the overall catch. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo