This is one of the keys. The authority must have the ability to detect which equipment is banned and which equipment is modified to appear legal.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Ministry will continue to boost the capability to monitor fishery activities to ensure that the equipment used by fishermen adhered to the sustainability regulation.

"This is one of the keys. The authority must have the ability to detect which equipment is banned and which equipment is modified to appear legal," Director General of Fishery and Maritime Resources Supervision (PSDKP) Adini Nurawaluddin noted in a press statement here on Thursday.

Nurawaluddin added that analytical capability focusing on fishery equipment was paramount to preventing destructive fishery practices.

Fishery supervision is expected to help detect violations during the examination of boats that are about to depart, he stated.

"The key is during the boat inspection when they are at the seaport and before they depart to the ocean," he noted.


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Nurawaluddin highlighted that the KKP had published Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Regulation No. 18 of 2021 on the placement of fishery equipment and supporting fishery equipment in Indonesia's Fishery Management Region and Free Ocean and Management of Fishery Andon.

The regulation dictates the type of fishery equipment and supporting fishery equipment that are allowed and banned for entrepreneurs to use, he remarked.

The regulation will serve as a guideline for field monitoring, according to Nurawaluddin.


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Meanwhile, Director of Fishery Resources Supervision, Drama Panca Putra, stated that the monitoring of fishery activities will be conducted during departure of boats, when they are out at sea, while docking, and when the fish catch is offloaded.

Through this strategy, Putra is optimistic of fishery being effective and efficient, including when the policy on measured fishery is implemented.

Earlier, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fishery, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, underscored the importance of using eco-friendly fishery equipment in order to maintain the sustainability of maritime and fishery resources.

The minister had instructed the director general of PSDKP to act strictly if they find operations in which non-eco-friendly fishery equipment were being used.


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Translator: Razi Rahman, Fadhli Ruhman
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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