clarionreef
Advanced Reefer
- Location
- San Francisco
THE MARINE ORNAMENTALS CONFERENCE saw Ruwindrijarto and Arsonetri of the Les Village netcaught co-operative present their work and it was clearly the main event and good news in the perrenial reform drama.
Les has led the way on their own and without much foreign help.
They have converted a few hundred cyanide fishers and have stuck with net catching only for 5 years now.
They have an uncompromising policy of not allowing any cyanide fish or fisherman into their ranks.
Indonesia/Bali is in fact flooded with a tradition of cyanide fishing and is now the cyanide fishing center of the world....and dirtier then the Philippines.
Everyones favorite exporters from Bali carry cyanide fish routinely and yet have hardly cared to pressure for change as they get nice corals from the same outfits.
When reefers get the small corals they love they tend to forget about coral killing poisons that ruin mother colonies [ as they call them] and mature coral stands.
When they revealed as a matter of fact that they were the only 100% netcaught operation in Bali [ true] there were murmurs in the crowd.
They have nets provided by AMDA and EASi of the Philippines and they have had the training and experience to do the job. They are now moving forward into marketing their fish.
The director of Les...Ruwi also said that they were clearly and steadfastly a non MAC enterprise. They have seen MAC from their perspective and found it irrelevant to their mission. [MAC in Bali however, wants their divers badly and there is a constant stress about this.]
They are looking for buyers of their all netcaught product and have had a hard time doing so as no wholesalers have been interested so far except for Aquatic Specialties in the SF Bay area.
Steve
PS. Luh...[pictured here]...the head of the Les village packing crew does a wonderful job w/ the handling and packing.
Les has led the way on their own and without much foreign help.
They have converted a few hundred cyanide fishers and have stuck with net catching only for 5 years now.
They have an uncompromising policy of not allowing any cyanide fish or fisherman into their ranks.
Indonesia/Bali is in fact flooded with a tradition of cyanide fishing and is now the cyanide fishing center of the world....and dirtier then the Philippines.
Everyones favorite exporters from Bali carry cyanide fish routinely and yet have hardly cared to pressure for change as they get nice corals from the same outfits.
When reefers get the small corals they love they tend to forget about coral killing poisons that ruin mother colonies [ as they call them] and mature coral stands.
When they revealed as a matter of fact that they were the only 100% netcaught operation in Bali [ true] there were murmurs in the crowd.
They have nets provided by AMDA and EASi of the Philippines and they have had the training and experience to do the job. They are now moving forward into marketing their fish.
The director of Les...Ruwi also said that they were clearly and steadfastly a non MAC enterprise. They have seen MAC from their perspective and found it irrelevant to their mission. [MAC in Bali however, wants their divers badly and there is a constant stress about this.]
They are looking for buyers of their all netcaught product and have had a hard time doing so as no wholesalers have been interested so far except for Aquatic Specialties in the SF Bay area.
Steve
PS. Luh...[pictured here]...the head of the Les village packing crew does a wonderful job w/ the handling and packing.
