"The seized vessels include 30 foreign-flagged boats and 210 Indonesian fishing boats," KKP's director general of marine and fisheries resources supervision, Pung Nugroho Saksono, informed in Jakarta on Friday.
He highlighted that fishery crimes committed by the detained boats could have a direct impact on Indonesia's non-tax state revenue.
"Based on our calculations, we have successfully prevented this country from losing Rp3.7 trillion (US$228 million) by taking actions against the offenders," he said.
Saksono added that the KKP had also dealt with other types of fishery crimes, such as the use of 28 illegal fish aggregating devices.
The official said that the directorate general pursues two types of punitive measures: it takes legal actions against perpetrators of highly detrimental crimes and imposes administrative fines on lesser violators.
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Editor: Arie Novarina
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