Lobster Seed Smuggling Costs Indonesia as Much as Rp16 Trillion, Says Minister

Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono revealed that losses from the smuggling of lobster seeds by Vietnam amounted to Rp16 trillion. "It's about Rp16 trillion each year," said Trenggono to reporters at the Marine Aquaculture Institute in Batam, Riau Islands, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.
During a working meeting with the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission IV on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, Trenggono also revealed that Vietnam engages in lobster seed smuggling. During the meeting, he explained that the smuggling was discovered when they...
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