THE Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo should back down on his plan to open exports of lobster hatchlings. The plan can result in exploitation of the spawn, disrupt the ecosystem balance and be detrimental to lobster fishers.

The ban on lobster spawn exports was issued by Susi Pudjiastuti, Edhy’s predecessor, through a Regulation of Maritime and Fisheries Minister Number 56 of 2016. The ruling was made based on a decli