Pandemic, omnibus bill to greatly impact small-scale fisherfolk

While their livelihoods are already affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, small-scale fishermen in the country may face more danger in the form of a contentious omnibus bill on job...

Madina, 47, a fisherman for over two decades in Cilincing, North Jakarta, said 2020 had so far been the hardest year to make ends meet.

The period from March to May is typically not off-season for fishing, even for small-scale fishermen with small boats like himself.

Yet he has not been able to find markets or wholesalers who wanted to buy his catch at a proper price in the past few months, given…