Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti is the most popular (and memefied) of President Joko Widodo’s ministers, in large part due to her war against illegal fishing by foreign countries in Indonesia, a battle that has seen the Indonesian government sinking several foreign fishing vessel caught poaching in our waters
Recently Susi talked about the positive impact of her policies, one of which is that fishermen especially in Eastern Indonesia, have started to catch bigger fish. Much bigger.
“Fishermen in the eastern part of Indonesia now catch tuna as big as a human,” Susi said while chatting with reporters on Monday as quoted by Detik.
Susi then showed them several of the man-sized tuna she was talking about, some of which were transported by motorcycle to be sold in traditional markets.
Is it possible that Susi’s aggressive anti-poaching policies have actually helped fisherman find bigger fish in the sea, or is this just a big fish story? Either way, that’s a whole lot of sushi waiting to happen.
