Lobster Seed Exports Laden with Controversy
Since being raised in late 2019, the plan to allow lobster seed exports has given rise to controversy.
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Lobster is sold at retail in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Tuesday (25/8/2020).
In a series of arrests from Tuesday evening (24/11/2020) to Wednesday before dawn (25/11), West Indonesia Time, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) apprehended Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo. In addition to Edhy, the KPK captured several other people for alleged bribery in managing the export of lobster seeds (hatched larvae).Since being raised in late 2019, the plan to allow lobster seed exports has given rise to controversy. During 2014-2019, both trawling for lobster seeds and exporting them were forbidden in Indonesia, as stipulated in the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry Regulation No.56/2016.
Edhy has revised the rule. Through Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Regulation No.12/2020 on the management of lobsters (Panulirus spp), crabs (Scylla spp) and Rajungan (small crabs, Portunus spp), lobster seeds exports are permitted. According to Edhy, fishing for lobster seeds offers economic prospects.