Java fishers struggle with seine net ban amid rising costs, falling profits

This is the first article in a two-part series. Read the second installment here. PANTURA, Indonesia — More than 10,000 brightly painted trawlers regularly come and go from the rowdy fishing ports along this 1,000-kilometer-long northern coastline of Java, the world’s most populous island. Many of them are going nowhere fast. “Because I still use … Continue reading Java fishers struggle with seine net ban amid rising costs, falling profits