THE fish trap had been floating in Ambalat waters, some 79 miles from Tarakan Beach, East Kalimantan, since a year ago. The stack of mangrove and coconut leaves tied to the seabed was built by Supardi, skipper of the Aldi Jaya fishing boat, and his three-man crew, to lure small fish, which would invite bigger ones as their potential catch.

However, on Sunday two weeks ago, when they were fishing on “Tarakan City”, as the trap is called, a M