A tale of two fish: cyanide fishing and foreign bosses off Sulawesi's coast (Part I)

Mongabay
By Tiffany RoufsJul 8, 2014, 11:34 am135 pts
In spring and summer, after the monsoon storms have passed, the fishing boats set out again from tiny Kodingareng Island in the Spermonde Archipelago off the coast of South Sulawesi. In the afternoon heat, Abdul Wahid joins his fellow fishermen in the narrow shade of the beachfront village houses to check out…

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