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Why East Africa could learn from Indonesia’s response to illegal fishing
When confronted with the threat of illegal fishing overtaking its own domestic fishing industry, Indonesia reacted in a fashion that East African coastal countries like Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya could learn from. A year ago, illegal fishing had reached an unsustainable level so Indonesia forced fishing boats across the archipelago into port for months and implemented a licensing freeze.

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During the licensing freeze, Indonesian naval vessels set about restoring order to their highly prized fisheries, and deterring trespassing trawlers with live fire, even sinking Chinese trawlers. With fewer boats on the water, Global Business Guide Indonesia estimates fish stocks have increased by 240 percent. The government say its actions have reduced illegal fishing by 90 percent, and though exports are down, more opportunities have been created for Indonesian fishers, an express aim of the Joko Widodo administration.

Now, Indonesia is airing plans to expand domestic commercial fishing. What we are seeing in Indonesia is a country taking back control of its sovereign offshore waters and empowering its ailing domestic industry.

Countries such as Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Madagascar are desperately in need of such an approach. East African fisheries may not hit the headlines as regularly as their West African counterparts, but they are constantly under the threat.

The fishing industry in the whole continent employs nearly 12.3 million Africans and has the potential to solve nutritional and food security problems for nearly 200 million Africans. And based on Africa’s financial inflows and outflows, UNECA reckons that the continent loses US$42 billion per year through illegal fishing and logging activities.

East African countries need to invest in capable coastal security vessels and modern fishing trawlers in order to reduce the level of illegal overfishing and then rightfully harvest their own offshore resources, be it tuna or other saltwater fish stocks. Mozambique has taken the necessary steps of buying patrol ships to keep watch over their precious tuna stocks and government company EMATUM has also purchased new and efficient trawlers to scale operations.

But these actions need to go further and emulate the levels to which Indonesia goes in order to safeguard its food resources. Once East African coastal nations achieve the balance of coastal security and sustainable fishing stocks that Indonesia is beginning to achieve, then they will truly feel the benefits.

http://ourwatersourfuture.com/portfolio-view/east-africa-learn-indonesias-response-illegal-fishing/
 
Indonesia returns 49 Vietnamese fishermen
Indonesia yesterday repatriated 49 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested two to three months ago for accidentally fishing in Indonesia’s seas. Most of the fishermen hail from the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, the Mekong Delta provinces Kiên Giang and Vĩnh Long, and the central province of Quảng Ngãi.

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The Vietnamese Embassy in Jakarta has exerted all-out efforts to bring them home as soon as possible.

From the outset of this year, more than 500 Vietnamese fishermen have been captured by Indonesian forces for encroaching upon their seas, doubling the figure from the same period last year.

Indonesia has affirmed that it will continue its strict measures against fishing vessels operating illegally in its waters. Two months ago, the country destroyed 23 impounded foreign fishing boats, some of which were from Việt Nam.

http://vietnamnews.vn/society/301045/indonesia-returns-49-vietnamese-fishermen.html
 
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Indonesian marine police seized 2 illegal fishing boats from Vietnam in Natuna waters (10/8)

Ditpolair Baharkam Polri menangkap dua kapal Vietnam yang menangkap ikan secara ilegal di perairan Indonesia, yaitu di wilayah Natuna, Kepulauan Riau. Total 400 kilogram ikan campuran yang diangkut dua kapal tersebut.

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"Dua kapal itu melakukan penangkapan ikan tanpa dokumen yang sah serta ABK kapal adalah pekerja asing atau warga negara asing," kata Direktur Polair Baharkam Polri Brigjen Pol M Chairul Noor Alamsyah dalam keterangan tertulis yang diterima detikcom, Sabtu (13/8/2016).

Chairul mengatakan, dua kapal Vietnam itu berhasil diamankan saat Kapal Polisi Baladewa - 8002 Ditpolair Baharkam Polri patroli di perairan Natuna, Rabu (10/8).

Kapal pertama yang diamankan adalal kapal KG 6130 TS yang bermuatan 200 Kg ikan campuran. Kapal itu dinahkodai oleh Vo Anh Ty dan 7 ABK WN Vietnam. Sementara kapal kedua yang diamankan adalah kapal BT 96430 TS yang juga bermuatan 200 Kg ikan campuran. Kapal itu dinakhodai oleh Tran Long Luc dan 7 ABK WN Vietnam lainnya.

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"Tindakan yang diambil oleh Kapal Polisi Baladewa adalah Kedua KIA Vietnam ditangkap dan di-Ad Hoc ke pelabuhan Tarempa Natuna untuk diserahkan ke PSDKP Tarempa guna proses lebih lanjut," ujar Chairul.

Choirul menuturkan, penindakan tegas terhadap kapal ikan asing yang menangkap ikan secara illegal di wilayah pengeloaan perikanan RI merupakan salah satu program prioritas Kapolri Jenderal Tito Karnavian.

"Ini sebagai wujud komitmen Polri untuk berperan aktif dalam menjaga keberlansungan sumber daya ikan Indonesia demi masa depan generasi penerus bangsa," urainya.

http://news.detik.com/berita/3274726/polri-tangkap-2-kapal-vietnam-yang-curi-ikan-di-perairan-natuna
 
Indonesia to Sink 71 Foreign Fishing Boats Amid South China Sea Tensions

Indonesia will cap Wednesday’s Independence Day celebrations by scuttling as many as 71 impounded foreign vessels -- mostly Vietnamese but also a handful of Chinese -- to signal its determination to protect its sovereignty over lucrative fishing grounds in the South China Sea.

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The destruction of the boats comes amid simmering regional tensions over territorial disputes in the water. Former Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa said the main challenge facing the country was to ensure the message wasn’t misinterpreted.

Natalegawa said the signal has to be conveyed that Indonesia is determined to protect its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. "But some of the risk in our region nowadays is precisely the risk of misperception, miscalculation, minor incidents becoming bigger crises," he said in a telephone interview last week. "The region as a whole should not lose the habit of open dialogue and diplomatic communication."

Since the end of 2014, Indonesia has destroyed more than 170 foreign vessels from various nations as it has tried to fend off Chinese claims that waters surrounding the Natuna Islands are part of traditional Chinese fishing grounds.

In June, President Joko Widodo held a cabinet meeting on the KRI Imam Bonjol, a warship that patrols the waters, and last month Indonesia’s popular Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said she wanted to "celebrate Independence Day this year in Natuna, where I will witness the sinking of many foreign vessels," later declaring that only Indonesians "can catch fish in Indonesia.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...y-71-boats-in-display-of-maritime-sovereignty
 
Indonesia Sinks 60 Fishing Boats on Independence Day
Mass scuttling a symbolic move to assert its sovereignty over territorial waters



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The Indonesian Navy vessel KRI Imam Bonjol, left, inspects the Chinese-flagged fishing boat Han Tan Cou, right, near Indonesia’s Natuna Islands in June.PHOTO: REUTERS



Aug. 17, 2016 6:10 a.m. ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia sank 60 fishing boats it impounded for illegally fishing in its waters, marking its independence day Wednesday with a message to other nations that it won’t tolerate incursions into its territory.

The move is largely aimed at asserting Indonesia’s sovereignty over its resource-rich waters as territorial conflicts between China and other countries continue to build in the nearby South China Sea.

Speaking to parliament Tuesday, President Joko Widodo made a point of defending Indonesia’s maritime interests and making his sprawling nation of 18,000 islands a major nautical power in the region. Indonesian officials are particularly concerned about the way China’s fishing fleet has expanded in recent years, sometimes encroaching on other countries’ territorial waters.

This in turn has raised fears in Jakarta that the growing presence of Chinese trawlers has become another way for Beijing to exert its own influence in the oil-and-gas-rich area around the Natuna Islands, off the northern coast of Indonesian Borneo.

While Indonesia doesn’t have any territorial disputes with China, and Beijing hasn’t challenged Indonesia’s control of the Natunas, Indonesian coast-guard vessels have confronted Chinese fishing boats there several times this year. Indonesia has also challenged China’s argument that the waters around Indonesia are part of its traditional fishing grounds.

Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti was in the Natunas, site of one of several sinkings around the country Wednesday, to underscore Indonesia’s claims to its territorial waters.

“All of these policies are an effort for Indonesia to remain an independent nation in its own seas and maintain sovereignty over its marine resources,” she said as part of her Independence Day remarks.

Indonesia’s stance on maritime issues has toughened since aninternational tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims to almost the entirety of the South China Sea had no basis.

Mr. Widodo recently boarded a navy warship near the Natunas to pledge more spending on Indonesia’s defense capabilities and promised to develop the country’s fishing and resources industries.

“Indonesia is rapidly emerging as the new Asean hawk when it comes to standing up to China’s perceived creeping incursion into neighboring states’ traditional waters” and exclusive economic zones, said Richard Javad Heydarian, a security expert at De La Salle University in Manila, the Philippines. Asean refers to the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a diplomatic and trade bloc of which Indonesia is a leading member.

Since late 2014, Indonesia has scuttled more than 170 foreign trawlers from China, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam—not including Wednesday’s sinking. The program, which Mr. Widodo has described as “shock therapy” is aimed at stanching some of the $20 billion which Indonesia says it loses to illegal fishing each year.

Still, foreign trawlers continue to ply Indonesian waters, with the problem compounded by a shortage of naval and coast-guard vessels, said Ian Storey, senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.

And while Jakarta has moved to take a lead on maritime security—recently agreeing to joint patrols with Malaysia and the Philippines—sinking boats alone won’t solve the problem in the absence of a regionwide fisheries management system, said Rodger Baker, senior analyst for East Asia and the Pacific at Stratfor.

Many fishing fleets in the region are fishing further afield as waters closer to home are depleted, often putting them in direct competition with neighbors, especially in disputed areas in the South China Sea.

The message behind Wednesday’s sinkings was twofold, Mr. Storey said. “To the Indonesian people it’s, ‘We are protecting the country’s maritime rights and resources’. To the rest of the region it’s, ‘We will strike hard if you try to steal what is rightfully ours’.”

That the mass scuttling came on Indonesia’s independence day made the message all the more potent. Mr. Heydarian said it was meant as a “clear signal to China that Indonesia won’t be a pushover.”


http://www.wsj.com/articles/indonesia-sinks-60-fishing-boats-on-independence-day-1471428634
 
Wednesday, 24 August, 2016 | 12:20 WIB
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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government should maintain the policy of keeping commercial fishing on the list of sectors closed to foreign investment. This ban, as laid down in Presidential Regulation No. 44/2016, is important to preserve Indonesia's fisheries. The government takes into consideration the fact that four of the 11 fishing zones in Indonesia have been overfished. Experience tells us that foreign ships are responsible for most of this overfishing.

No blame can be attached to Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti, who supports the continuation of the ban on foreign investment in fishing. She is adamant about preventing foreign investors from looting fish from our waters ever again. But Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, who wants the ban to be reviewed, makes sense as well. Luhut believes that the considerable potential for fishing, particularly in the Natuna waters, has not been exploited optimally as a result of a shortage of fishing vessels.

But one important issue emerging from the dispute between Minister Susi and Coordinating Minister Luhut Pandjaitan is that the fish-processing industry throughout Indonesia is facing a shortage of raw materials and has been forced to work at a much reduced capacity. As such, in June the government imported 2,000 tons of fish to overcome this deficiency of raw ingredients for the domestic fish processing industry. This fact contravenes Minister Susi's statement that Indonesian waters has abundant fish stock after she ordered the destruction of illegal foreign fishing vessels.

This means sufficiency of supplies for the domestic fish-processing industry must be the benchmark in granting permits for fishing companies. Minister Susi is free to stop issuing permits to foreign investors, yet she must also draw up regulations that make it easier for local vessels to apply for permits. The facts show that it is not easy even for local boats funded by domestic capital to obtain fishing licenses. It is this problem, among others, that is believed to be the reason for the decline in the domestic fish-processing industry.

Minister Susi's caution in granting permits to local vessels is necessary. But this does not mean that all local businesses must face obstacles because of suspicions they may be fronts for foreign investors. Minister Susi simply needs to establish a better oversight mechanism to stop these illegal practices from recurring. She needs to ensure that there are no more cases of vessels flying the Indonesian flag, but whose shares are owned by foreigners and usually in the name of senior Indonesian officials.

Minister Susi must sharpen her department's oversight mechanism so there will be no more Indonesian-flagged vessels catching fish in Indonesian waters but then transferring their catches on the high seas to vessels that end up in neighboring countries like the Philippines and Thailand. This, more than anything else, is what has led the domestic fish processing industry to experience shortages of fish supply. The state also loses out because they are deprived of any tax revenues.

Minister Susi needs all the support she can get in her endeavor to stamp out these illegal practices. However, at the same time, we sincerely hope she will be able to separate this important undertaking from and private business interests. Minister Susi must not waste this opportunity to turn local businesses into the masters"of the commercial fishing industry, replacing foreign concerns that have for too long exploited our maritime resources. This can be done by drawing up regulations that are friendly to local fishermen and businesses. (*)

http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2016/08/24/314798434/Masters-of-our-Seas
 
Indonesian navy seized singaporean illegal fishing vessel in Bintan waters (21/8/2016).

Tim Western Fleet Quick Response (WFQR)-4 Kal Mapor menangkap kapal Seven Seas Conqueress jenis kapal pancing berbendera Malaysia Minggu (21/8/2016). Pada saat itu tim tengah patroli. Peristiwa penangkapan berawal ketika tim WFQR-4 Kal Mapor mendeteksi kontak radar tanpa AIS aktif pada posisi 01 17 051U-104 25 076T (7,5 Nautical Mile Tanjung Berakit) Kabupaten Bintan. http://batamnews.co.id/berita-15625...kapal-illegal-fishing-di-perairan-bintan.html


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Indonesian marine police seized two illegal fishing boats from vietnam and one illegal boat from thailand in Natuna waters (24/8/2016).

Direktorat Polair Baharkam Polri berhasil mengamankan 3 kapal asing yakni 1 kapal pengangkut BBM eks kapal Thailand dan 2 kapal ikan asing berbendera Vietnam di perairan ZEEI Natuna, Kepulauan Riau. 29 WNA dari Thailand dan Vietnam diamankan dari tiga kapal itu. Pihaknya mendapat laporan dari nelayan lokal tentang adanya empat kapal asing yang menangkap ikan di perairan Natuna, Rabu (24/8/2016). Satu kapal berhasil kabur dengan cara memutus jaring dan mematikan lampu penerangan kapal.

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https://news.detik.com/berita/32854...iga-kapal-ikan-asing-di-perairan-natuna-kepri
 
Indonesian marine police seized one illegal fishing boat with malaysian flag (captain & crew from thailand) in Malaka strait September 04, 2016.

Satuan Direktorat Polisi Perairan (Ditpolair) Polda Aceh kembali menangkap kapal asing berbendera Malaysia. Kapal dengan nomor lambung KP. Perkakak 3017 ini melakukan pencurian ikan atau illegal fishing di perairan selat Malaka, empat mil masuk wilayah Indonesia, Minggu (04/09/16) sekira pukul 02.00 WIB. Kapal dan Nakhoda kapal berinisial SR (Thailand) dan empat orang anak buah kapal (ABK) juga berasal dari Thailand, serta Ikan campur tangkapan sebanyak 1,5 Ton diamankan petugas.

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http://tribratanewsaceh.com/dit-pol...-kapal-asing-curi-ikan-di-perairan-indonesia/
 
Jokowi calls for war against illegal fishing
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called for war against illegal fishing in his speech at the ASEAN United States Summmit meeting in the Laotian capital city of Vientiane on Thursday.

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In the meeting attended by President Barack Obama and ASEAN heads of state and governments Jokowi said illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has caused a loss of at least US$20 billion to Indonesia every year.

IUU fishing is not only a threat to the welfare of low income fishermen and but also to the environment, Jokowi was quoted as saying by a news release issued by the presidential palace here.

Cooperation in eradicating IUU Fishing needs serious addressing mainly with intensive exchange of information, he said.

Under President Jokowi Indonesia has taken a tough measure against illegal fishing. In a crackdown on illegal fishing, the Indonesian authorities have exploded and sunk around 200 fishing boats for illegal operation in Indonesian waters .

Jokowi attached important on ASEAN-US cooperation to promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which has given positive result in the recent Sunnylands meeting in California.

"Indonesia pushed for the plan to form ASEAN-US Connect, to strengthen ASEAN economic integration and boost development of SMEs through the use of information technology," he said.

Jokowi said he appreciated the ASEAN-US summit meeting in Sunnylands earlier this year and the Pivot to Asia policy reflecting the importance of ASEAN for the United States.

"Indonesia appreciates the Pivot to Asia policy as an effort of President Obama to get closer to Asia resulting in the strategic partnership of ASEAN - United States," he said.

Jokowi said he hopes that the United States would continue to be a big nation and democratic and appreciate pluralism under a new president after the forthcoming general election in that country.

"Indonesia hopes that the United States would continue to an open economy and contribute to creation of peace and improvement of the world welfare," he said.

He said he wish President Obama well as the present Summit meeting would be the last with ASEAN for the outgoing US president.

http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/106644/jokowi-calls-for-war-against-illegal-fishing
 
KKP Kembali Menindak Tegas Kapal Ilegal Asing
Stasiun Pengawasan Sumber Daya Kelautan dan Perikanan (PSDKP) Belawan dibawah Direktorat Jenderal PSDKP pada tanggal 05 September 2016 telah menerima limpahan 1 buah Kapal Ilegal Asing (KIA) yang berhasil ditangkap oleh KP Perkakak 3017.

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Penangkapan KIA bernama KM. PKFB 939 tersebut dilakukan pada tanggal 04 September 2016 pukul 02.00 WIB oleh KP. Perkakak 3017 milik POLAIR. KIA yang dinakhodai oleh Samad Rueangder ditangkap karena kapal tersebut sedang melakukan kegiatan penangkapan di wilayah ZEEI (Zona Ekonomi Eksklusif Indonesia) pada posisi 04.46.400 U - 98.45.200 T di perairan selat Malaka tepatnya 4 mil masuk wilayah Indonesia.

KIA yang memiliki bobot 65.18 GT dengan ABK asing sejumlah 4 orang tersebut setelah dilakukan pemeriksaan ternyata tidak memiliki SIPI untuk melakukan penangkapan ikan di wilayah perairan ZEEI, serta didapati barang bukti lain berupa muatan sebanyak kurang lebih 1,5 Ton ikan campur.

Selanjutnya, kapal dan ABK kapal tersebut dikawal ke Stasiun PSDKP Belawan, untuk menjalani proses hukum lebih lanjut, dengan dugaan sementara melanggar pasal 93 ayat(2) UU RI Nomor 45 tahun 2009 tentang perubahan atas UU RI Nomor 31 Tahun 2004 tentang Perikanan.

http://djpsdkp.kkp.go.id/arsip/c/375/?category_id=20
 
200 Vietnamese arrested for illegal fishing in Indonesia to be repatriated
In recent years, a growing number of Vietnamese nationals have been fishing illegally in Indonesian waters, according to the Vietnam News Agency. Three hundred and twelve fishermen have been arrested and are currently being detained, though around 200 will soon be repatriated back to Vietnam.


Both countries are reportedly working together to curb the influx of offenders, which Vietnamese authorities blame on the fishermen’s limited knowledge of geography and the law. http://us.tomonews.com/200-vietname...ishing-in-indonesia-to-be-repatriated-3158606


Piñol hopeful Indonesia will send 105 detained Pinoy fishers home
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said he is expecting the possible release of at least 105 Filipino fishermen detained in Indonesia soon after President Rodrigo Duterte dropped charges against 700 Indonesian pilgrims who went to Mecca in Saudi Arabia using Philippine passports. http://www.philstar.com/nation/2016...sia-will-send-105-detained-pinoy-fishers-home
 
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