Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn't solve the real driver – poverty
- Written by: Anthony Schuyler Marinac, Lecturer, College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University
ShutterstockLast week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, more than 150 nautical miles inside Australia’s exclusive economic zone.
But is fining them up to...