Indonesia arrests fishermen for blast fishing practice

Indonesian medical officers are seen taking a blood samples from a youths, after they had violated the large-scale social restrictions, at a police headquarters building in Surabaya on Sunday (May 3). - AFP

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Marine Affairs and Fishery Ministry's officers have nabbed three men for their involvement in a blast fishing practice on the waters off North Sulawesi province that has destructed the environment and the ecosystem, a senior official said on Sunday (May 3).

The officers seized two assembled bombs, fish, a boat and other goods during the arrest on Thursday.