Indonesian Fisheries News

A dugong.

Sumatran dugong hunter struggles to adapt to changing times

Dody Hidayat, Yogi Eka Sahputra 3 Jan 2024

Loss of wetlands threatens South Sumatra’s rich fish-preserving tradition

Fadhil Nugraha, Mahesa Putra 15 Mar 2023

Rule change sees foreign investors back in Indonesia’s fisheries scene

Basten Gokkon 10 Mar 2023

As Indonesia’s new capital takes shape, risks to wider Borneo come into focus

Basten Gokkon 8 Mar 2023

Indonesian fisheries fee change promises more revenue, but likely also more violations

Basten Gokkon 4 Mar 2023

A butterflyfish in a coral reef.

Reef ruckus: Fish fights erupt after mass coral bleaching, study finds

Carolyn Cowan 1 Mar 2023

Common bluestripe snapper in the Coral Triangle. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Machine learning makes long-term, expansive reef monitoring possible

Basten Gokkon 23 Feb 2023

End of the tuna FAD? Indonesia hopes so, but EU isn’t giving up just yet

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2023

Traditional fishing boats on a Lombok beach.

On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs

Falahi Mubarok 20 Feb 2023

Indonesia opens its ‘ocean account’ for sustainable marine management

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2023

FOIA lawsuit suggests Indonesian nickel miners lack environmental licenses

Eko Rusdianto 24 Jan 2023

More than half of reef sharks and rays threatened with extinction, study shows

Basten Gokkon 17 Jan 2023

A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

More marine protected areas planned for Indonesia’s Maluku after 2022 spree

Nurdin Tubaka 16 Jan 2023

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023

Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2022

Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Basten Gokkon 22 Dec 2022

Indonesian authorities nip island auction in marine reserve in the bud

Basten Gokkon, Mahmud Ichi 7 Dec 2022

As Indonesia protects more marine areas, top priority is management: experts

Basten Gokkon 14 Oct 2022

Mangroves and wildlife in Bornean bay at risk from Indonesia’s new capital

Basten Gokkon, Richaldo Hariandja 7 Oct 2022

Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea

Basten Gokkon 6 Oct 2022

The main road built by PT Gema Kreasi Perdana

Sulawesi islanders grieve land lost to nickel mine

Eko Rusdianto 6 Oct 2022

Indonesian lobster larvae bound for Singapore reveal role of smuggling network

Basten Gokkon, Yogi Eka Sahputra 29 Sep 2022

Fish Loading and unloading activities.

Indonesia’s sustainable fisheries push sails into storm in Java Sea

Asad Asnawi 27 Sep 2022

A crew of cantrang fishermen unload their cargo.

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

Asad Asnawi 26 Sep 2022

Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy

Wahyu Chandra 23 Sep 2022

A millennial advocate pushes for a youth-led digital future for Indonesian fisheries

Gafar Abdullah 22 Sep 2022

Indonesia to update conservation efforts for aquarium favorite cardinalfish

Basten Gokkon 21 Sep 2022

Indonesia urged to update fisher training program to international standards

Basten Gokkon 13 Sep 2022

A turtle hatchling

In Indonesia’s West Sumbawa, tide turns on taste for turtle eggs

Fathul Rakhman 7 Sep 2022

Indonesia pursues agreements to protect its fishers on foreign vessels

Basten Gokkon 6 Sep 2022

Residents paddle a boat down a flooded street in Bojongasih village.

Java communities rally as clock ticks on cleanup of ‘world’s dirtiest river’

Donny Iqbal 31 Aug 2022

Three-fourths of waste in Jakarta’s notoriously polluted rivers is plastic

Basten Gokkon 29 Aug 2022

Indonesia announces plan to protect 10% of its seas by 2030, and 30% by 2045

Basten Gokkon 26 Aug 2022

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