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APRI Holds Strategic Meeting with PDSPKP to Align with MMPA Compliance

Jakarta, Friday – September 12, 2025 – The Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab Association (APRI) held a high-level audience with the Directorate General of Strengthening the Competitiveness of Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) to discuss short- and long-term action plans in

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Interviewing Blue Swimming Crab Fishers: Insights into MMPA Awareness and Sustainable Practices

une–July 2025 – As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and compliance with international standards, the Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab Association (APRI) conducted interviews with blue swimming crab (BSC) fishers across key landing sites in Indonesia to gather firsthand

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Difficult decision for Batubara fishermen during the rainy season

Blue Swimming Crab fishermen in the Batubara area are classified as small fishermen with sizes under <7GT. Some fishermen experience a dilemma when entering the rainy season. Rain is something that haunts them in their fishing activities, they really have

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Training on handling Bycatch and ETP Species for Blue Swimming Crab Fishermen with WWF Indonesia

11-12 December 2024. APRI together with WWF Indonesia collaborated to carry out training and assessment for crab fishermen in Pamekasan. This training was attended by several groups of fishermen from Pamekasan starting from the villages of Pagagan, Candi and Branta

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End Year Meeting Indonesia Blue Swimming Crab Association (Q4) and Blue Swimming Crab National Conference

Saturday, December 7 2024. APRI has carried out routine activities every quarter and 2024 will be the final year of management for the APRI chairman for the 2023-2024 period. This activity also had the opportunity to be shown via zoom

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Blue Swimming Crab Stock Enhancement in East Java Indonesia

Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab Association (APRI) continues to be committed to the sustainability of the crab fishery, one of the challenges of the crab fishery is that it still relies on catches and is a crustacean that has not been

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Mangrove Planting Action with Fishermen in Pamekasan: Efforts to Restore Coastal Ecosystems

Pamekasan, Monday, October 28, 2024 – In an effort to conserve coastal environments and strengthen shoreline resilience against erosion, the Indonesian Blue Swimming Crab Association (APRI), the Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Pamekasan, local fishermen, and the Pamekasan

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APRI meting with IMET-SERC related to Stock Enhancement Activities

February 15 2024. APRI held an IMET and SERC meeting in order to follow up on the stock enhancement program that will be carried out. In this meeting several things were discussed, especially related to preparations and technical matters in

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APRI 3rd Quarterly Meeting 2023 : Blue Swimming Crab Update

Saturday, 28 October 2023. APRI carries out routine activities with all APRI members in the APRI 3rd Quarterly Meeting which is routinely held every quarter of the year. Taking place at VASA Hotel Surabaya on a hybrid basis. This activity

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Visit Restocking Site with Mr. Oded Zmora and Prof. Yushinta Fujaya in Situbondo, East Java

Sunday, August 6 2023. Second day of activities in Q2 APRI. The presence of Prof. Dr. Ir. Yushinta Fujaya, M.Si and Dr. Oded Zmora in Q2 APRI provided a very interesting topic for crab fisheries in the future regarding increasing

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