LINI is excited to announce our return to the Banda Islands, where we are actively engaged in a variety of programs aimed at supporting local communities. This initiative has been made possible through the generous support of the NAPA Seafood Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in California that is committed to making a positive global…
Kalumbatan and Lobuton are two villages that situated on the island of Salakan, Central Sulawesi Province. The Island is the biggest island in the Banggai Archipelago, and lies in the Wallacea region. The island has a high faunal endemicity, including birds, mammals and the endangered Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni). LINI has been working with octopus…
More good news in 2021! We proudly share the news that the “Indonesia Pole-and-Line and Handline, Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna of Western and Central Pacific Archipelagic Waters” fishery has been certified as a “Well Managed and Sustainable Fishery”, and has passed all Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Principles and Standard for Sustainable Fishing. The fishery consists…
Fishers who catch yellowfin tuna with handlines in the Banda Sea look for birds and dolphins as signs of the presence of tuna. Although the handline fisheries have little impact on interactions with Endangered, Threatened, or Protected (ETP) species, there is evidence that some seabirds are being caught on the handlines. Examples of this were…
We started our internship program in 2016, with our aquaculture of marine reef fish and reef restoration in the LINI Aquaculture and Training Centre (LATC), at Les village in North Bali. The program is dedicated to offering Indonesian fresh graduates from fisheries, marine science, aquaculture backgrounds the chance to experience working on a wide range…
It is almost three years that we and our partner, Blue Ventures, have been conducting Octopus data collection in Popisi village, Banggai Laut District. The landing data were collected by our enumerators who are also Octopus buyer middlemen. The data that are collected include date, weight, sex, mantle length, fishers and fishing grounds. The purpose…