The flyingfish fishery is an important marine commodity in Indonesia, especially within south Sulawesi. The fishery in south Sulawesi has been very popular since the late 1970’s due to a high demand on the international market for flyingfish roe, most of which has been exported to Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong and Korea. Early this century, fish production decreased and over exploitation of flyingfish in south Sulawesi became a major issue. Between 1980 and 1990 an ongoing study of flyingfish fishery was focused on the south Sulawesi region only, but since 2004 apresent day study has been extended to Maluku, North Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok and west Sumatera as the fishery has also extended into these regions. The main objectives of this study were to understand diversity, distribution and abundance of flyingfish within Indonesian waters, and reproductive biology and length frequency data were also observed for more abundant species. Samples were taken regularly from landings, and 11 of 13 identified species were found in the south Sulawesi region, identifying this region as a hotspot for fyingfish diversity. Cheilopogon cyanopterus, C. suttoni, Hirundichthys oxycephalus and Parexocoetus mento were abundant and widely distributed. The results from this study will eventually be used to establish a management plan for sustaining the flyingfish fishery of Indonesia.