Croaker Fisherman's Elegy in Arguni Bay

In the 1990s, the villagers managed to catch croaker weighing up to 3 kilograms. The difference between then and now is the mesh of the fishing net.

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

Sawajir Wegiri (45), a fisherman, catching ganadi fish in the waters of Arguni Bay, about 500 meters from Feternu Village, Upper Arguni Bay District, Kaimana Regency, West Papua, Wednesday (16/2/2021).

The expanse of mangroves in Arguni Bay in Kaimana has long provided the livelihoods of the fishermen of Feternu village, with the bay holding quantities of ganadi or gulama (croaker fish). However, they are now lamenting that their catch continues to shrink.