Death Beneath the Waves
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
MAWARDI Ahmad now has to do some calculation before deciding on going out to sea with his fishing boat. Fewer fish are around while fuel costs continue to increase. “Now I have to go further out to sea,” said Mawardi, a fisherman in Sukamaju on the Aceh island of Simeulue, in a conversation with Tempo last week.
According to Mawardi, before the tsunami hit Simeulue and other parts of Aceh in December 2004, he was able to catch 400 kilograms
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