THE suction vessel activity belonging to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, which was taking marine sediment samples in the waters around Assan Island at the end of August, has made Jakar, 51, anxious. As a leader of the Sustainable Fishermen Monitoring Group in Pasir Panjang, Karimun Regency, Riau Islands, he fears the return of rampant sea sand mining on the island, as occurred at the start of the millennium.

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