The process would need not only long time but courage and consistency, the minister said.
"We have started the process of reform in the first month I was installed minister," she said at a forum of business and investment in sea fishery sector here on Wednesday.
One fundamental reform in the marine sector is eradication of illegal fishing in Indonesian waters, she said.
She said in the past year, Indonesia led in giving view to eradication of illegal fishing globally.
She said illegal fishing is related to other crimes such as human traffic, and slavery of fishery workers and damage to marine fauna and flora.
Earlier the minister said all policies related to business in the marine and fishery sector have been coordinated with the cabinet.
"I discuss my jobs with the president (Joko Widodo)," she simply said when asked to comment on reports about Vice President Jusuf Kalla asking her to evaluate her policy allegedly causing a decline in fish processing production in a number of areas such as North Sumatra and Maluku.
She denied suggestion that the cabinet ministers have been divided over the policy adopted in the marine and fishery sector.
She said a decline reported in fish production in some areas was caused by many fish processing plants being not operated.
She said some of the fish processing units have been built only to meet the requirement to secure the fish import license with no intention of operating in fish processing industry.
She said she would stick to her policy to eradicate illegal fishing and would strengthen the preventive aspect.(*)
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