Indonesian Fisheries News

A dugong.

Sumatran dugong hunter struggles to adapt to changing times

Dody Hidayat, Yogi Eka Sahputra 3 Jan 2024

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

As COVID-19 batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite

Basten Gokkon 4 May 2020

COVID-19 no excuse for dropping guard against illegal fishing, Indonesia says

Basten Gokkon 1 May 2020

Sinking feeling for Indonesian fishers as COVID-19 hits seafood sales

Falahi Mubarok, M Ambari 7 Apr 2020

Indonesian anti-graft enforcers set their sights on a new target: corporations

Ian Morse 31 Mar 2020

This solar-powered device aims to clean 1,000 rivers. Will it work?

Rachael Meyer and Basten Gokkon 16 Mar 2020

Indonesia’s Lake Poso, an evolutionary ‘gem,’ threatened by dam

Ian Morse 12 Mar 2020

Deregulation bill hurts Indonesia’s fishers, coastal communities, experts say

Basten Gokkon 2 Mar 2020

Coronavirus, trawls take a toll on shrimp fishery in Indonesia’s Jambi

Elviza Diana 25 Feb 2020

A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In Bali, young people lead the fight as a plastic plague threatens paradise

Johan Augustin 19 Feb 2020

Investigation reveals loopholes for illegal shark fin exports from Indonesia

Mongabay.com 12 Feb 2020

Mika Ganobal, the civil servant who risked his job to save his homeland

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 7 Feb 2020

A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

‘Just like terrorists’: Indonesia boosts vigilance for blast fishers

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2020

To deter Chinese sea claims, Indonesia puts its fishers on the front line

Basten Gokkon 14 Jan 2020

Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing

Basten Gokkon 6 Jan 2020

Plan to lift baby lobster export ban draws fire in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 20 Dec 2019

Sea turtles continue to swim in troubled waters: report

Elham Shabahat 19 Dec 2019

Indonesia to revive idle shrimp farms to boost fisheries and save mangroves

Basten Gokkon 13 Dec 2019

Indonesia zoning plan hurts fishers, favors coal and oil, activists say

Basten Gokkon 4 Dec 2019

Indonesian man jailed for smuggling 7,000 ‘living fossil’ horseshoe crabs

Ayat S. Karokaro 3 Dec 2019

Indonesia’s new fisheries minister may go easy on trawl nets, poachers’ boats

M Ambari 27 Nov 2019

In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2019

Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park

Basten Gokkon 4 Nov 2019

Indonesia’s ex-fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti leaves big shoes to fill

Basten Gokkon 24 Oct 2019

Green sea turtle. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

For one Indonesian fisher, saving caught turtles is a moral challenge

Ian Morse 23 Oct 2019

Intact rainforest in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia’s new cabinet a ‘marriage of oligarchs,’ environmentalists say

Basten Gokkon 23 Oct 2019

Indonesian villagers fighting planned mine garner national support

Ian Morse 22 Oct 2019

Bali mangrove bay is now a conservation zone, nixing reclamation plan

Basten Gokkon 11 Oct 2019

Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 9 Oct 2019

As wildfires roil Sumatra, some villages have abandoned the burning

Taufik Wijaya 3 Oct 2019

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