Encountering Dugong in the Morotai Island Waters
Dugongs are no longer seen every day. They only appear in the east, south and west of the waters of Morotai Island.
Budhy Nurgianto
December 4, 2023
THE sun had not yet set completely when Mulyadi Karim Sudin, 37, was busy preparing a boat with a 25-horsepower outboard engine. That night, Thursday, October 26, like the previous night, Mulyadi went out to sea to check his keramba (cages) of goropa or grouper fish. “If you want to see dugong, it’s best when the moon is bright,” said the resident of Galo-Galo Island, Morotai, North Maluku to Tempo that joined him fish
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