• November 30, 2021

Handline tuna fishers for sustainable fishing: “Let’s take a day off”

Data collected MDPI so far indicates that the size of tuna caught in the last few years has been in decline, with fishers needing to travel further out, resulting in longer fishing days and increased fuel costs. These signs of declining catch volumes need to be monitored, especially by small-scale fishers, who are living with…

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  • November 30, 2021

World Fisheries Day 2021

Fair Trade Fisher Associations in Maluku and North Maluku recently celebrated World Fisheries Day (WFD) 2021, along with the rest of fishery communities around the globe. This year, they called out to fellow small-scale fishers to consider taking a one-day break from fishing each week, or a total of 52 days a year. This effort…

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  • October 2, 2021

“Harapan Jaya Bersama” fisher cooperative

Formed in 2013, the Harapan Jaya fisher’s business association (known in Indonesian as Kelompok Usaha Bersama/KUB) was managed by 15 fishermen in Seruni Mumbul village, East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. The establishment of a KUB serves as initial foundation in developing a business model for fishers, further providing economic empowerment, as well as access to…

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  • September 27, 2021

Fisher’s Catch Data Collection Dissemination in Minaesa Village

By: Novita Ayu Wulandari, Subhan Murid, Amrollah, Putra Satria Timur MDPI has been working in North Sulawesi since 2015, carrying out data collection on handline tuna fishery and “huhate” fishing vessels. Now, along with having entered MDPI’s 8th year as an established organization, a new strategy has been developed to put more focus on Fisheries…

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  • September 20, 2021

Researching eco-friendly fishing gear

Tuna handline fishers nowadays are increasingly dependent on heavy stones to use as weights. In fact, they are finding it difficult to collect stones, thus needing to spend more money on either buying or venturing out further to get more stones. In a day, one fisherman can release up to 40 stones weighing 1 kg…

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