Protectors Without Protection

There was a time when Nasir could barely catch any fish at sea. At one point, the former fisherman nearly broke one of his oars after spending all night fishing on his boat. Still, he did not get one single fish.

"I couldn't even provide food for my family," he said. Nasir, a resident of Gebang village in Bandar Lampung, could not understand why fish had become so scarce in his region. All he could do was complain.

January 31, 2017