Hunted to Death

Indonesia catches the most sharks in the world. It does not yet have a management and conservation plan in place for sharks. Even now sharks can still be freely caught and sold.

March 2, 2011

TANJUNG Luar Harbor, East Lombok, Saturday two weeks ago: It could be compared to a badminton match where Daeng Firman won the shark auction at Tanjung Luar Harbor in East Lombok without having to exert himself in the least. In less than 10 minutes Firman succeeded in beating three other bidders without much of a fight, and became the owner of 30 sharks.

With an opening bid of Rp10 million for the sharks, which only a few hours before had been u

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