MAWARDI Ahmad now has to do some calculation before deciding on going out to sea with his fishing boat. Fewer fish are around while fuel costs continue to increase. “Now I have to go further out to sea,” said Mawardi, a fisherman in Sukamaju on the Aceh island of Simeulue, in a conversation with Tempo last week.

According to Mawardi, before the tsunami hit Simeulue and other parts of Aceh in December 2004, he was able to catch 400 kilograms