Indonesian Fisheries News

A dugong.

Sumatran dugong hunter struggles to adapt to changing times

Dody Hidayat, Yogi Eka Sahputra 3 Jan 2024

In Bali, the pandemic unravels a hard-won campaign to save Benoa Bay

Alaine Johnson 12 Oct 2020

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

Julia John 29 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

In Indonesia’s coastal villages, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasive

Basten Gokkon 9 Sep 2020

New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries

Basten Gokkon 4 Sep 2020

Indonesian fishers opposed to dredging project hit by ‘criminalization’ bid

Basten Gokkon, Wahyu Chandra 28 Aug 2020

Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again

Nopri Ismi 6 Aug 2020

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

Basten Gokkon 28 Jul 2020

Indonesian fishers face livelihood threat from ‘beautiful’ tourism project

Agus Mawan 27 Jul 2020

Study values women’s long-overlooked contribution to fisheries at $5.6b per year

Cassie Freund 23 Jul 2020

Indonesia presses China for witness in deaths of fishing boat crews

Basten Gokkon 21 Jul 2020

Indonesia’s new lobster export policy threatens Javan rhino habitat

Basten Gokkon 15 Jul 2020

The sponge with the secret recipe: A cancer-fighting chemical

Julia John 8 Jul 2020

Investigation hints at cronyism in awarding of Indonesia lobster export permits

Basten Gokkon 7 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

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

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
Artisanal Indonesian fishermen are expected to benefit from the fisheries bill proposed by the ministry. Image courtesy of Ministry of Marine and Fisheries.

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

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