Safety Nets
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Muhammad Arsyad has built fixed net-cages, enabling village fishermen to earn an income even in bad weather. Harvests can rake in as much as Rp20 million.
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Fish of the garupa (groupers) variety could be seen wriggling in the tubs, as Saharuddin, 37, also known as Opa, handed them to his wife, Rostini. When I cannot go fishing, we get one or two kilograms of fish from our net-cages and sell them so we have money," Rostini told Tempo, two weeks ago, in Bontolebang village, Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi.
These net-cages are like a savings box. The fish they raise is good insurance for times when Opa
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