"This is for the future of our oceans," Indonesian Fishery Minister Susi Pudjiastuti exclaimed when she announced minimum size limits for lobster and crab catches in January this year. It…
On May 1, five illegal foreign fishing vessels from Thailand were apprehended by the Indonesian Navy. Photo: Aseanty Pahlevi A convoy of blue Thai fishing boats slowly entered the mouth…
Pemuteran Bay, the site of a community-based ocean management program in North Bali. Photo: Aji Wihardandi The Indonesian government is preparing a spatial plan for its marine territory, the beginning…
Amid EU threats to blacklist Thai seafood if the industry fails to clean up its act by October, the Southeast Asian country and its neighbor Indonesia agreed on Thursday to…
Wooden fishing rigs off Java's coast. Photo: Rhett A. Butler On Sunday, the Indonesian ombudsman asked the maritime affairs minister to help fishermen adapt to the government ban on seine…
A traditional fishing vessel in Indonesia. Photo: Andreas Harsono Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will form a special task force to deal with fishermen’s concerns about the new ban on…
More than 300 hundred natives of Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos who were moved from the island of Benjina to neighboring Tual this week as part of Indonesia's investigation into slavery…
A forest area in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, that has been cleared by a mining company. Photo: Christopher Paino As a pair of Chinese-controlled mining companies proceed with plans to construct…
Fish being loaded into a truck for processing and export in Batu Putih, North Sulawesi. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. Today Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) signed a memorandum of…
Reef manta rays (Manta alfredi) swim off Nusa Penida in Indonesia. Photo Credit: Paul Hilton/Greenpeace For the first time, Indonesia has sentenced an illegal manta ray trafficker to jail time…
