Buru is a remote island that may not be on everyone’s radar. However, in the world of fisheries, Buru is renowned as the home of Indonesia’s export fishers. For a decade, small-scale fishers in Buru have adhered to international certification standards, creating waves of impact that extends beyond their local communities. The Genesis of Fair…
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…
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…
Nelayan merupakan salah satu bagian penting dalam sektor kelautan dan perikanan, oleh karena itu peningkatan kesejahteraan nelayan Indonesia harus terus dijadikan prioritas. Banyak tantangan pekerjaan yang dialami oleh para nelayan; mulai dari hasil tangkapan yang tidak pasti jumlahnya karena sangat dipengaruhi oleh faktor alam, hingga faktor risiko profesi yang cukup tinggi dan dapat mengancam keselamatan…
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