Aceh’s community fishers struggle to preserve tradition amid blooms of plastic pollution

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Seven fishers moved in concert along the shore of Gampong Jawa Beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia’s westernmost city, hauling in a blue net nearly half a mile long from the Indian Ocean. “Forward … Keep it going … Now, move back!” instructed Surya Abid, the panglima laot, or “sea commander,” of […]