Aquaculture Research Agreement Signed
INDONESIA - The agencies of Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry and Indonesia's Universitas Hasanuddin (UNHAS) together with Sirim Berhad, Mimos...

Indonesia's Shrimp Farmers Want End to Imports
INDONESIA - Shrimp producers and researchers are demanding an end to imports because of the threats of the entry of disease, a collapse in prices and toxic chem...

2009 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award
INDONESIA - Prof Dr Ketut Sugama, Director Seed Development, Directorate General of Aquaculture, Jakarta, Indonesia, and formerly Director of the Research Center...

Tackling Culture and Capture Conflicts in Indonesia
INDONESIA - Three years of scientific and socio-economic investigations have led to the development of new initiatives to aid fishing in Indonesian reservoirs, where...

WWF Slams 'Failed' Tuna Regulations
BALI, INDONESIA - A recent meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission has been accused of failing to regulate one of the world's largest tuna fisheries.

Collapsed Dam Ruins Indonesian Fish Farms
INDONESIA - More than one hundred fish farmers, grouped together as the Petani Jaring Apung Budi Daya Air Tawar (Pejabat), have lost their livelihoods following...

Fish Offer New Lease of Life After Tsunami
INDONESIA - The deadly tsunami disaster on December, 2004 did not only devastate hundreds of thousands of lives and houses across Aceh Jaya, but also had changed...

Imminent Crisis in Indonesia
INDONESIA - An Indonesian coalition group has claimed that the national fisheries industry faces an imminent crisis

COOL Shrimp Tests Baffle Authorities
INDONESIA - One of the world's largest grower/processors has come under attack for its country of origin testing methods. Customs and border protection have said...

Ministry Passes 84 Processing for Chinese Exports
INDONESIA - The Fisheries and Maritime Ministry will allow 84 local fish processing units (UPI) to export their products to China from 1 February 2009.

Shrimp Farmers Move from Mangroves to Ocean
INDONESIA - The rapid expansion of traditional shrimp farms in Lampung has not only damaged mangrove swamps but forced local fishermen to seek their catch in the...