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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

It was not the wind or bad weather that prompted fishermen at Jongor port in Tegal, Central Java to sit around and chat aboard their ships. It was not because they were tired of sailing either. But in the past month, their forays into the sea have netted them little catch.

In any case, that is how Munir feels. "It's hard to find fish these days. We're way short of our targets," said the 51-year-old fisherman. He had just moored his boat at 3am. After a month at sea, he was only able to bring home catches valued at less than Rp2.5 million. Two years ago, a similar outing would have brought in up to Rp10 million.

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It was not the wind or bad weather that prompted fishermen at Jongor port in Tegal, Central Java to sit around and chat aboard their ships. It was not because they were tired of sailing either. But in the past month, their forays into the sea have netted them little catch.

In any case, that is how Munir feels. "It's hard to find fish these days. We're way short of our targets," said the 51-year-old fisherman. He had just moored his boat at 3am. After

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