An End to Blast Fishing

Sarang Island residents started a coral farming group to save their damaged environment, abandoning blast fishing and the illegal coral trade.

THE crystal clear water around Sarang Island, a small island off the coast of Batam, unmasked an area of budding coral reefs. Some are reddish brown in color, while others looked white from the surface. Tiny fish swam around the area. The corals are all still small in size, less t