Corruption endangers world's shrinking fisheries and Indonesia among worst hit; other Asean countries also face issues

Overfishing in recent decades decimated the crustacean’s population, so much so that fishermen turned to catching the hatchlings. - AP

JAKARTA/WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (AP): As Indonesia’s fisheries minister, Edhy Prabowo was tasked with protecting one of his country’s most precious resources: baby lobsters so tiny one can fit on the tip of a finger.

The waters off the nation’s many islands and archipelagos had once teemed with lobster. But overfishing in recent decades decimated the crustacean’s population, so much so that fishermen turned to catching the hatchlings.