Indonesia Maritime defence and security issue

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US Revokes Import Duty for Indonesian Fishery Products

The government of United States (US) reduces and revokes import duty for Indonesian fishery products. The amount of import duty tariff drop ranges from 0.5 to 15 percent.

34 fish product groups obtain import duty reduction which takes effect from July 29th to December 31st 2015 and can be extended.

The generalized system of preferences (GSP) facility is good news for Indonesia amid the weakening economy. Import duty tariff drop ranges from 0.5 to 1.5 percent.

Some Indonesian fishery products with 0-percent import duty include frozen crab, sardine, frog meat, canned fish, processed lobster, and water crab. Meanwhile, processed tuna, canned tuna, as well as processed crab and water crab does not get import duty cut.

“Import duty reduction or revoke scheme for some Indonesian fishery products in US is a good opportunity for Indonesian fishery exporter to enhance their exports,” Saut said.

Several things US considers when providing the special scheme are Indonesian government’s commitments for sustainable fishery, illegal fishing eradication, and good bilateral communication with US. On the other hand, the other competitor countries in fishery product sector such as Vietnam and China do not obtain the GS facility.

In 2011-2013, Indonesia used to obtain GSP special treatment scheme for its fishery products but it is halted in 2013-2015. GSP is a special scheme from developed countries offering non-reciprocal special treatment such as low or zero tariffs for importing the products from developing countries. Besides Indonesia, several ASEAN countries obtaining similar facilities are Thailand, Malaysia, and Philippines.

US is the main market target for Indonesian fishery product export. Export value for Indonesian fishery products to US keeps increasing from 2011-2014 namely USD 1.07 billion in 2011, USD 1.15 billion in 2012, USD 1.33 billion in 2013, and USD 1.84 billion in 2014.

The average fishery product export growth since 2011 is 21.14 percent. With GSP facility, the government targets USD 2 billion Indonesian fishery export value to US in 2015.

US Revokes Import Duty for Indonesian Fishery Products Nusantara Maritime News

 

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4 vietnamese illegal fishing boats seized inside Natuna EEZ by Marine and Fisheries Surveillance patrol (29/7/2015)

BV 8281 TS, 90 GT fishing boat, one of the vessels that seized by the Indonesian authority.

4 vietnamese illegal fishing boats seized, with total 48 crews, all vietnamese citizen.

BV 9619 TS, 85 GT with 3 crews

BV 8281 TS, 90 GT with 20 crews

BV 9947 TS, 85 GT with 3 crews

BV 7282 TS, 90 GT with 22 crews

The 4 illegal fishing boats, seized by Marine and Fisheries Surveillance officers using Hiu Macan 001 patrol boat


Four Vietnamese fishing vessels impounded

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry impounded four fishing vessels registered in Vietnam in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone, on July 29.

"All 48 crew members of the impounded ships are Vietnamese," Director General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Resources Control Asep Burhanudin said here on Friday.

He added that the four ships were caught red-handed while they were poaching fish in Indonesian waters without securing the necessary documents from the Indonesian government.

The Vietnamese fishing ships were charged with violating article 93 paragraph (2) adj. article 27 paragraph (2) of law number 45/2009 as amended by law number 31/2004 on fisheries. If found guilty, the crew members can be sentenced to six years in jail and fined up to Rp20 billion.

The crew members of the four fishing vessels were escorted by Hiu Macan 001 ship to the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak, for further questioning.

Earlier, the Indonesian Traditional Fishermens Association (KNTI) had admitted that the severe punishment meted out to fish thieves in Indonesian waters was an effective way to curb fish thefts.

- Four Vietnamese fishing vessels impounded - ANTARA News
- 4 kapal Ikan Ilegal dan 48 ABK Vietnam Ditangkap Petugas KKP
- KKP tangkap empat kapal ikan ilegal Vietnam - ANTARA News

 

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Data from Marine and Fisheries Surveillance Agency since January 2015 to 30 July 2015, KKP (Marine and Fisheries Surveillance patrol) already seized 38 illegal foreign fishing boats.

This number exclude boats that seized by other agencies such as navy and water police.

- Vietnam 23 boats
- Thailand 5 boats
- Malaysia 4 boats
- Philippine 6 boats

4 Kapal Illegal Fishing Viatnam ditangkap KP. Hiu Macan 001 di Laut Cina Selatan

 

[ComradeNam]

Im suprise there is no single Chinese boat.... Good job Indonesia govt.

 

[pr1v4t33r]

Im suprise there is no single Chinese boat.... Good job Indonesia govt.

That's incomplete conclusion. we still haven't seen data from navy and police.

 

[black-hawk_101]

They should used their old missiles to take down those illegal boats down. Same for all the other countries like Pakistan and others.

 

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They should used their old missiles to take down those illegal boats down. Same for all the other countries like Pakistan and others.

Not that we don't like the idea, but that's just to damn expensive. We use cheap dynamite for this particular show.

 

[black-hawk_101]

Not that we don't like the idea, but that's just to damn expensive. We use cheap dynamite for this particular show.

But the old missiles are of no use at all. So making use of them is the right way of utilizing people's money.

 

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But the old missiles are of no use at all. So making use of them is the right way of utilizing people's money.

We still can use old missile for military drill/exercise that held many times a year here.

 

[black-hawk_101]

We still can use old missile for military drill/exercise that hold many times a years here.

But using it against the real targets can help you practice in real time.

 

[pr1v4t33r]

But using it against the real targets can help you practice in real time.

Sure, but what would International community say to us? Blowing up fishing boats using missile, my oh my... where's your manner, that's a little bit rude and impolite don't you agree...

 

[black-hawk_101]

Sure, but what would International community say to us? Blowing up fishing boats using missile, my oh my... where's your manner, that's a little bit impolite don't you agree...

Not at all. Blowing with 76m.m guns is also unethical

 

[pr1v4t33r]

Not at all. Blowing with 76m.m guns is also unethical

Thanks God we haven't tried that, we only use smaller calliber

 

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Jakarta to ban foreign crews from Indonesia’s fishing grounds
The Australian
August 01, 2015 12:00AM

Peter Alford

Correspondent
Jakarta

Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti. Picture: Tri Saputro Source: TheAustralian

Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti plans to ban foreign crews from Indonesia’s vast fishing grounds and stop the transfer of catches to overseas processors.

That would transform not just the domestic fishery but neighbouring trawling and processing industries, particularly Thailand’s, which Ms Susi believes are plundering Indonesian waters.

She claims illegal fishing — with catches being transferred to factory ships known as reefers — costs Indonesia at least $US20 billion ($27bn) a year.

“Our neighbours should understand this domestic orientation on the fishing side,” she told The Weekend Australian.

“We invite them to come as buyers, building factories to process the fish. But on the fishing side, let Indonesians catch their fish.

“Foreign processing is allowed, but on the land (in Indonesia). Not transhipment.”

Ms Susi has already brought most trawling activity to a stop with a moratorium on renewing annual licences for ex-foreign fishing vessels while her Anti-Illegal Fishing Taskforce carries out an audit of the industry. Taskforce chief Mas Achmad Santosa said the ex-foreign vessels dominated the industry, particularly in the eastern Arafura Sea, because of their size and capacity. Averaging 250-300 gross tonnes, they were more than three times the size of Indonesian-built boats.

The Marine and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) taskforce, still working its way through 187 licences, has discovered massive malpractices.

They range from illegal foreign crewing, through multiple vessels operating off single-boat permits, use of banned trawling gear, and tax evasion, to people-trafficking and industrial slavery on the boats.

As a result of the taskforce’s evaluations of 30 companies in the seven biggest groups, 12 have lost their licences and eight await revocation. Hundreds of individual licences for trawlers and reefers have been cancelled.

Mr Achmad is expected on Monday to announce audits and punishments for a further 32 companies, owning 215 vessels.

Since last November 1 last year, when Ms Susi froze licence renewals, 48 boats caught trawling or transporting fish without permits have been impounded and sunk.

The first three companies to be banned belonged to the Pusaka Benjina group, operating out of Benjina township, in the eastern Aru islands. The taskforce had been at work three months, relatively quietly, when Associated Press in March exposed the ugliest side of industrial fishing at Benjina — widespread enslavement of migrant fishermen. Subsequently 620 men and some boys, mostly Myanmarese and Cambodians, were assessed by the International Organisation for Migration as victims of trafficking. More than 500 Thais were also found, but most were sent home by the fishing companies, preventing assessment.

KKP inspectors and police are now focused on Ambon, a much larger eastern fisheries hub, where more than 230 trawlers are tied up waiting for the Ms Susi’s moratorium to expire on November 1. Many trawlers and reefers have simply fled Indonesian waters.

All the companies under audit are Indonesian or registered joint ventures between Indonesian and foreign partners, though in many cases domestic involvement has been shown to be nominal.

Thai and Chinese companies are common joint venturers, while the 1132 registered ex-foreign trawlers come from Thailand, China, Vietnam, The Philippines — and 25 from Australia.

Often, the only Indonesian among a trawler crew of between 20 and 30 is the radio operator.

Taskforce investigators suspect many of ex-foreign vessels remain controlled by foreign companies, mostly Thai, that nominally sold them to Indonesian interests.

Most company arrangement were “basically fake” to disguise controlling foreign interests, Ms Susi agreed.

“Yes, it’s basically the Indonesian is only the front company,” she said. “They don’t really own it. Basically, what happens (Indonesians are) only buying and selling, arrange the licences, nothing else.”

Ms Susi, an outspoken, high-achieving businesswoman and a very unconventional minister, is by far the most popular minister in Joko Widodo’s cabinet.

But she knows her crusade against foreign fishing interests and Indonesians fronting for them has made her influential enemies at home and abroad.

There are rumours Ms Susi has been targeted in an impending cabinet reshuffle, though she believes she has the President’s full confidence, “so far”.

If she could get the rules in place to bring Indonesia’s fisheries under control, “probably I don’t need to stay longer than two years”.

“I don’t think it’s a fun job, that I would want to have for a lifetime. So I do feel called by the needs of the country and think I can contribute something, that’s all.”

Additional reporting: Gita Athika

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6 more Vietnamese illegal fishing vessels seized by Maritime and Fishery Surveillance Patrol around Anambas islands (3/8/2015).

- Lagi, 10 Kapal Ikan Vietnam Ditangkap
- Sepuluh Kapal Ikan Ilegal Ditangkap di Perairan Anambas - Tribunnews.com



Additional 2 Vietnamese illegal fishing vessels seized by the Navy (3/8/2015).

- KRI Sutedi Sena Putra Berhasil Tangkap Kapal Ikan Asing - RMOL.CO
- Dua Kapal Vietnam Ditangkap di Kepulauan Natuna
- TNI AL Tangkap Dua Kapal Vietnam Curi Ikan di Natuna | Republika Online