In Indonesia reef fish stocks are declining as a result of over-fishing and destruction of habitats. The latter is caused by the dying of corals from cyanide and by the breaking of corals around holes where fish are hiding. In the capture of a single grouper, more than a square meter of corals is destroyed when the fish is removed from its hiding place. In areas where cyanide fishing has been practised intensively, the reef is mostly dead, overgrown with algae, and has only very few animals still living on it.
Reference : PET-SOEDE, L. & M.V. ERDMANN. (1998). An overview and comparison of destructive fishing
practices in Indonesia. SPC Live Reef FishInformation Bulletin 4: 28-36.
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