The Season for Larvae Hunters
The export wave for lobster larvae has begun. Some exporting companies are affiliated with political party officials and former smugglers.
Khairul Anam
July 6, 2020
ANDE Irfan Alafhi showed us a photograph of a lobster larva. The translucent lobster larva, referred to in Indonesia as benur, was placed next to a match. “That’s the size,” said Andre, Royal Samudera Nusantara operations director, at his office on Thursday, July 2.
Royal’s office at the Golden Boulevard shop-house complex in South Tangerang, Banten, appears rudimentary. The company’s sign is a 3-square-meter banner
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