Tough-Talking Minister Drives Indonesian Fishery Recovery

Indonesia’s decision to dynamite or scuttle foreign fishing vessels that encroach on its waters – 488 sunk so far during the four years of President Joko Widodo’s administration -- is having a dramatic effect on its fishery, bringing it back from disastrously low stocks, officials say.

Jokowi, as the president is known, came into power aiming to make Ind…