Sailing south: why Indonesian fishers risk apprehension in Australian waters
- Written by Dedi Supriadi Adhuri, Researcher at Culture and Society Research Center, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
Rotonese Lambo at Scott ReefJames Fox, Author providedThis has not been a good year for Indonesia’s fishermen, whose ancestors have been sailing for centuries in Australian waters. COVID-19 has taken its toll. Fish prices have declined, and a disease known as ais-ais has recurred in the seaweed that coastal communities cultivate to...
