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By Basten Gokkon JAKARTA — Indonesia is offering resume direct exports of lobster larvae to Vietnam in exchange for investment in lobster farming and easing up on Vietnamese boats fishing illegally in its waters. Jakarta banned exports of lobster larvae in 2016 to prevent the overharvesting of wild population from the country’s rich waters. However, Indonesia’s fisheries minister, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, said on a visit to Hanoi that he would allow exports to Vietnam, which has a much more advanced lobster aquaculture industry. “I believe that Indonesia in the future is capable of being a key p…

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