Writer: Delvina Nabila, DFW Indonesia Researcher Along the waters of Merauke, fishers no longer fear only the tides and crashing waves. They also fear the growing rumors that trawl vessels are returning—vessels capable of sweeping the seabed clean, taking both mature fish and juvenile marine life in their path. Those fears intensified earlier this year when two Shrimp Trawl Net (Jaring Hela Udang Berkantong/JHUB) vessels docked at Merauke Port. For many local fishers, their arrival revived painful memories of the environmental damage that trawl fishing once inflicted on the sea