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Indonesia backtracks on plan criticized for ‘privatizing’ fisheries resources

Basten Gokkon 11 Aug 2022

Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers

Basten Gokkon 10 Aug 2022

Ban on use of destructive net fails to make an impact in Indonesia, experts say

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 Jul 2022

Study: Climate impacts to disproportionately hurt tropical fishers, farmers

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2022

Protected areas not exempt as blast fishing blows up in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Jul 2022

Indonesia to issue quota-based fisheries policy in July, sparking concerns

Basten Gokkon 1 Jul 2022
Fishers in Siompu, Southeast Sulawesi with their daily catch. September 2019. Photo credit: Rare.

WTO ban on ‘harmful’ subsidies won’t impact small-scale fishers, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 29 Jun 2022
A dead vaquita floats in the ocean. Image by Robbie Newby for Sea Shepherd.

Experts fear end of vaquitas after green light for export of captive-bred totoaba fish

Michelle Carrere 28 Jun 2022

Study: Marine governance in Indonesia pursues exploitation over sustainability

Basten Gokkon 23 Jun 2022
The invasive lionfish caught in Costa Rican waters.

In Costa Rica, unlicensed fishers and regulators unite over a common enemy

Alfredo Torres, Linus Unah 22 Jun 2022

Indonesia issues long-delayed rules to protect migrant fishing workers

Basten Gokkon 14 Jun 2022
Fishing in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch

Ashoka Mukpo 24 May 2022
The endangered manta ray

For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 May 2022

Easing of crackdown sees Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 20 May 2022
An artisanal fisherman next to a ship in Madagascar.

Murky provenance of a Chinese fleet clouds Madagascar shrimp fishery

Rivonala Razafison 11 May 2022

Fisher groups are the marine militia in Indonesia’s war on illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 May 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia

For more fish and healthier coral in Bali, focus on communities and connectivity: Study

Carolyn Cowan 6 May 2022

Ecuador promises more openness of fisheries information under new initiative

Yalilé Loaiza 5 May 2022
Fishermen in a small boat at sea in Koror, Palau.

Scaling Palauan tradition to regional fisheries: Q&A with Noah Idechong

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Apr 2022
China’s distant-water fishing fleet, which operates on the high seas and in other countries’ waters, is far bigger and catches far more seafood than those of other nations.

Boats behaving badly: New report analyzes China’s own fisheries data

Elizabeth Fitt 28 Apr 2022

Data show decline in Indonesian fish stocks amid push for higher productivity

Basten Gokkon 22 Apr 2022
Fish_coral reef_Egypt

Oceans conference comes up with $16b in pledges to safeguard marine health

Carolyn Cowan 15 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Apr 2022

Study links many reported fisheries crimes to just a few repeat offenders

Annelise Giseburt 24 Mar 2022

Indonesian ex-minister gets sentence cut for ‘good work’ fueled by corruption

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2022

Indonesian fishing boat found with banned trawl net highlights enforcement challenges

Yogi Eka Sahputra 9 Mar 2022

Could abandoning protections save South African abalone?

Victoria Schneider 15 Feb 2022

Indonesia to tighten regulation of tuna harvest in bid for sustainability

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2022

Indonesia, Malaysia to hold joint patrols against illegal fishing

M Ambari 1 Feb 2022

Foreign capital, blamed for depleting Indonesia’s fish stocks, is set to return

Basten Gokkon 11 Jan 2022

In Indonesia’s Sulawesi, a community works to defuse blast-fishing crisis

Riza Salman 4 Jan 2022

Changes to Madagascar’s trawling sector raise questions and hopes

Edward Carver 29 Dec 2021

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