{"id":60067770,"date":"2025-01-10T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/?post_type=photo_story&#038;p=60067770"},"modified":"2025-01-23T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:48:38","slug":"paying-back-the-sea-a-balinese-fishers-tale","status":"publish","type":"photo_story","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/nature\/paying-back-the-sea-a-balinese-fishers-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying back the sea: A Balinese fisher\u2019s tale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In an aquaculture facility on the north coast of Bali, scores of tiny black and white fish swim in stacked tanks. Nearby, larger orange and white fish peer out from plastic mesh buckets, while in shallow concrete pools, corals sway gently in an artificial current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the staff working at this site, run by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lini.or.id\/\">LINI<\/a> Foundation, is Made Partiana. Hailing from a fishing family, he also heads the fishers group, Mina Lestari, in the nearby village of Les.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tells Dialogue Earth that his father began catching fish with other people from the village to supply the burgeoning marine aquarium trade in the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, fishers would jump into the sea with nets to catch ornamental fish. But this technique soon gave way to more destructive means: \u201ccyanide, something like poison\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They sprayed potassium cyanide onto the reef; this stuns but does not kill the fish, which can then be easily scooped up and sold by divers. \u201cWe destroyed the underwater corals, the fishes and everything,\u201d Partiana recalls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increasingly uninhabitable sea went quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"man leaning over to peer into tank with murky water and spiky aquatic animal\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Local fisher Made Partiana inspects the tanks at LINI\u2019s aquaculture centre (Image: Alex Lindbloom \/ Associated Press \/ Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-fisher-Made-Partiana-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_AlexLindbloom-AP-Alamy_2MA5YYK.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the past two decades, Partiana and his fellow fishers have worked \u2013 with LINI\u2019s encouragement and support \u2013 to return the coast to its former glory as a vibrant ecosystem, teeming with life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-restoring-the-reefs\">Restoring the reefs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0964569102000613\">Cyanide use<\/a> has had a devastating impact. It kills corals that build the reefs and shelter other animals, eventually leading to declining fish populations and increasing desperation among local fishers, says LINI\u2019s founder and director, Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley. She established the organisation in 2008 to promote conservation and community development in tandem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Bali\u2019s northern coast, the land rises steeply into hills. Compared to other parts of the island, there is little space to accommodate rice fields that can generate food and income. The villagers therefore rely on fishing and small gardens for subsistence farming to get by, notes Gayatri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partiana says fishers ceased cyanide use in the early 2000s, after they learned net-fishing techniques with the encouragement and help of another NGO. The fishers wanted a change as they witnessed the declining reef health, not to mention the cyanide fishing ban they were flouting. They abandoned cyanide entirely when sufficient nets were made available. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the subsequent years however, the coastal ecosystem did not recover. Around 2010, LINI began to work with fishers on creating artificial structures to restore the reef, continuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifas.ufl.edu\/ffgs\/files\/2019\/10\/Seaman-Artifical-Reefs-Encyc-Oc-Sci.pdf\">long history<\/a> of such projects around the world. \u201cAfter we destroyed [the marine ecosystem], we wanted to give something back to nature,\u201d Partiana says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"group of squatting people placing upright tubes into slab of cement\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Visitors at LINI\u2019s aquaculture centre use concrete to build a new, artificial reef structure (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-building-artificial-reef-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"coral placed onto metal grid in shallow water\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">A <em>Euphyllia<\/em> coral cultured at LINI\u2019s facility, ready to be seeded on the artificial reefs once placed on the seafloor (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultivated-coral-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Partiana\u2019s fishers group began the reef restoration with LINI\u2019s support in 2010. By 2022, some 1,500 of these artificial structures had been deployed in the waters adjacent to the NGO\u2019s headquarters. The structures have taken a variety of forms, some as domes and spider-like \u201chexframes\u201d, others as eye-catching animal statues. One type, named \u201croti buaya\u201d, resembles Indonesia\u2019s crocodile-shaped bread. After plunging these structures into the sea, fishers attach corals grown in the aquaculture facility using glue and cable ties, to attract fish and new corals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work has spread along the coast to five other sites, and over 13,600 artificial structures have now been submerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once mature (deployed for at least 8-10 years) these artificial reefs can support similar species to those of nearby, natural coral reefs. This is a finding of a 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aimspress.com\/article\/doi\/10.3934\/geosci.2022018\">study<\/a> into two conservation sites along the northern Balinese coast, including one at the LINI facility. It notes that artificial reefs also \u201cgenerate near-immediate increases in fish abundance and biodiversity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regrown reefs have brought back corals and animals such as nudibranchs (a flamboyant type of mollusc), says Ryannyka Dwi Astuti, LINI\u2019s research and education manager. It has also improved local fishing for ornamental fish, she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"pale white artificial reef on sea floor\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">LINI and the fishers group Mina Lestari deployed this set of artificial structures, named a sunflower cluster, in the sea facing the aquaculture centre in 2016\u00a0(Image: LINI Foundation)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-deployed-2016_LINI-Foundation.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"colourful artificial reef with fish\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Four years after the deployment, many tropical fish and corals had taken up residence on the cluster, turning it into a buzzing, colourful home (Image: LINI Foundation)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-sunflower-cluster-in-2019_LINI-Foundation.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fishers felt these changes directly. Partiana says that after the restoration, those in his group need only work for four hours to harvest their daily catch. Prior to the conservation, it was seven to eight hours: \u201cWe spend [a] shorter time, but we get the same quantity of fish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawksbill turtles have also taken up residence on the reef. \u201cIn the past, we really had to find them \u2026 [now] we can see them just by snorkelling around,\u201d Partiana adds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryannyka notes that in 2024, the endangered native coral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coralsoftheworld.org\/species_factsheets\/species_factsheet_summary\/acropora-suharsonoi\/\"><em>Acropora suharsonoi<\/em><\/a> was found on the artificial reefs for the first time \u2013 surviving the bleaching caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/ocean\/explainer-why-ocean-temperatures-are-a-growing-concern\/\">record global ocean temperatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artificial reefs off the coast are just one part of LINI\u2019s efforts. On land, the fish and coral tanks represent an ambition to reshape the trade that damaged the reefs in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-critical-for-communities\">Critical for communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s aquarium fish exports to Europe began in the 1980s, but it was in the decade after that the trade really surged, says Adriel Prayoga, a former LINI research officer. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s44183-023-00033-7\">estimated<\/a> 2.61 million individual fish destined for marine aquariums were exported from the country. Currently, at least 20 of Indonesia\u2019s 38 provinces have documented aquarium trade fisheries, notes Adriel: \u201cThey are a critical [source of] income for many ocean communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyanide is still used by aquarium fishers in Indonesia despite its illegality, he says. Some also use \u201cvery dangerous\u201d hookah diving systems, in which a compressor at the surface feeds air to a diver below via a tube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Traditional Balinese fishing boats on shore\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Traditional Balinese fishing boats, also known as <em>jukung<\/em>, in Les, northern Bali. Some aquarium fishers use these boats with a hookah diving system, while others harvest fish by freediving (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-reef-restoration-traditional-fishing-boat_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The market for aquarium fish continues to grow. Some fish found in Indonesian waters are particularly desired, such as the endemic Banggai cardinalfish. The government has <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/nature\/40094296-indonesia-struggles-to-protect-banggai-cardinalfish\/\">struggled to manage its conservation<\/a> of the Banggai, which is prized for its intricate patterning and rarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clownfish and blue tang are also highly sought after. Adriel suspects this is driven partly by the popularity of two smash-hit movies, Finding Nemo and Finding Dory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The growing market is an opportunity. The trade may currently overexploit some fish and suffer from a disorganised supply chain, but it offers the potential for a sustainable livelihood for fishers, Adriel notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-boosting-local-livelihoods\">Boosting local livelihoods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue tang has proven difficult to rear in captivity, but LINI\u2019s tanks testify to the organisation\u2019s success with clownfish and Banggai cardinalfish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"woman writing in ledger\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Made Armini Asih works as an aquaculture coordinator at the LINI facility, monitoring the tanks and logging data at regular intervals (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-LINI-aquaculture-centre-staff-recording-data_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"hand reaching into sea urchin tank\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">A staff member adds a sea urchin to a tank of juvenile Banggai cardinalfish. 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The presence of urchins in the tanks creates a microhabitat that helps the fish feel secure (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-sea-urchin-with-cardinalfish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"bowl of abalone \"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">A bowl of abalone that will be chopped up and fed to the Banggai cardinalfish being raised in the tanks (Image: Regina Lam \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-abalone-feed-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_ReginaLam_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The fishes\u2019 custodians are mostly fisher families, especially women from the village of Les. Equipped with breeding and husbandry skills, the women feed the Banggai cardinalfish chopped mussels, shrimp or abalone, monitor their health and collect data, such as the tanks\u2019 temperature and salinity. After a year of breeding and nurturing, the fish are sent off to be sold in the aquarium trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gayatri says the work empowers the women, who ordinarily have limited job opportunities, to acquire new skills and earn additional income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"two people standing at edge of raised artificial pond\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley (left), the founder and executive director of LINI, hopes the community continues to feel empowered and thrive as stewards of the marine ecosystem (Image: Daniel Cressey \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-founder-of-LINI-foundation_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, there were 126 newborn Banggai cardinalfish at LINI. In 2024, the number reached 859. \u201c2024 was a great success for us,\u201d says Gayatri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Partiana\u2019s fishers <a href=\"https:\/\/lini.or.id\/re-stocking-cultured-clownfish-into-reef-restoration-areas\/\">group<\/a> has also replenished the reefs with cultured clownfish. The fishers and LINI hope these efforts can alleviate the fishing stress experienced by wild fish populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Cultured clownfish under a sea anemone \"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Cultured clownfish hide under a sea anemone in a pond at LINI\u2019s aquaculture facility (Image: Daniel Cressey \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240926_Bali-cultured-clown-fish-at-LINI-aquaculture-centre_DanielCressey_DialogueEarth-1-2.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Clownfish near reef\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Clownfish reared in the facility are released to replenish the coast when they reach maturity (Image: LINI Foundation)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-restocking-clown-fish-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hopes-for-the-future\">Hopes for the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The rejuvenated reef has brought the community a deep sense of pride, whilst also diversifying incomes. This revival has forged the realisation that the more the sea is taken care of, the more it will take care of the community, says Partiana. LINI has also trained local fishers and villagers as dive guides, because the newly healthy ecosystem is bringing tourists to the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"60063848\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Partiana decided to retire from fishing in 2021. He now generates most of his income from renting out fishing gear and leading dive tours, guiding explorers of the underwater world he helped to restore and conserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Corals and reef fish \"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Corals and reef fish thrive on the artificial structures that LINI and fishers from Les have deployed (Image: LINI Foundation)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Bali-reef-resoration-life-flourishes-2023_LINI-Foundation.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Between his diving business and the aquaculture work he does for LINI, Partiana is planning to work on further reef restoration. He aspires to build house-shaped artificial reef structures that would turn the area into an iconic <em>umah b\u00e9<\/em>, or \u201chouse of the fish\u201d in Balinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gayatri says that while LINI has provided the community with technical skills and infrastructure, it is the fishing community that\u2019s driving the changes in the water: \u201cAt the end of the day, it\u2019s their reef. 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