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Lobster export policy that landed Indonesian minister in jail could resume

Basten Gokkon 30 Nov 2020

Indonesian fisheries minister arrested over graft in lobster policy

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2020

More Indonesian sailors repatriated from deadly Chinese fishing fleet

Basten Gokkon 16 Nov 2020
School of hammerhead sharks, northwest Galápagos. Photo by Greg Asner / DivePhoto.org

Could China become a partner in Galapagos marine conservation? Yolanda Kakabadse thinks so

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2020

Frustration as Antarctic conservation summit fails to declare marine sanctuaries

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Nov 2020

Breaking: Deaths of 2 more Indonesian crew uncovered on board Chinese tuna fleet

Basten Gokkon, Philip Jacobson 29 Oct 2020

Indonesia balances war on illegal fishing with international obligations (commentary)

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan 28 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s new deregulation law to hurt small fishers, coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2020

New evidence suggests China’s ‘dark’ vessels poached in Galápagos waters

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 9 Oct 2020

Indonesia’s new intelligence hub wields data in the war on illegal fishing

Julia John 29 Sep 2020

In this Philippine community, women guard a marine protected area

Sarah Trent, Rosa Amanda Tuirán 25 Sep 2020

Landed by the thousands: Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk

Sharon Guynup 23 Sep 2020

Past illegal activity dogs Chinese fleet that fished squid near Galapagos

Michelle Carrere 23 Sep 2020
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesian lobster exporters, advised by a smuggler, flout domestic requirements

Fathul Rakhman 16 Sep 2020

New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries

Basten Gokkon 4 Sep 2020

Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women

Claudia Geib 31 Aug 2020
Burmese roofed turtle moments after emerging from an egg collected from a sandbank along the Chindwin River and incubated at a head-starting facility in Limpha village, Sagaing region, Myanmar. Photo by Myo Min Win/WCS Myanmar (Platt et al 2020).

Back from the brink, baby Burmese roofed turtles make their debut

Liz Kimbrough 28 Aug 2020

Belize takes ocean action with expanded marine reserve and ban on gill nets

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2020

China issues new sustainability rules for its notorious fishing fleet

Elizabeth Fitt 14 Aug 2020

Life among the turtles: Traditional people struggle inside an Amazon reserve

Thais Borges, Sue Branford 10 Aug 2020

Arrests in Indonesian probe into latest case of labor abuses on Chinese fishing boats

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020
A flying squid flushes as the NOAA research ship Reuben Lasker approaches. NOAA photo by Bernardo Alps.

Study: Chinese ‘dark fleets’ illegally defying sanctions by fishing in North Korean waters

Ashoka Mukpo 22 Jul 2020

Indonesia presses China for witness in deaths of fishing boat crews

Basten Gokkon 21 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 Jul 2020

Drug trafficking could be putting ‘fragile fisheries’ at risk, study says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2020

Indonesia to allow back destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters

Basten Gokkon 12 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s lobster export safeguards won’t end smuggling, scientists warn

Basten Gokkon 10 Jun 2020

Lockdown allowed illegal fishing to spike in Philippines, satellite data suggest

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2020

Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths

Basten Gokkon 20 May 2020

Chinese boat that dumped Indonesian crews at sea was also shark-finning: Reports

Basten Gokkon 13 May 2020

How Indonesia’s omnibus bill may impact fisheries compliance and enforcement (commentary)

Stephanie Juwana 8 May 2020

Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild population

Basten Gokkon 8 May 2020

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