Unchecked illegal trawling pushes Indonesia’s small-scale fishers to the brink

Mongabay
Feb 11, 2025, 12:00 am107 pts
TANJUNG LEIDONG, Indonesia — At around 5:30 a.m., after the tide starts to recede, Zulkifli Dalimunthe rushes to the shore a stone’s throw from his house, where he anchors his small wooden boat. Working by himself, the 40-year-old fisher usually takes his vessel about 1-3 nautical miles (2-5.5 kilometers)…

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