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Indonesia achieves marine protected area expansion target in 2018

Indonesia has attained the target to expand marine protected areas to 22.68 million hectares in 2018, Head of Research ...

Policy on sinking illegal fishing boats to continue

Indonesia will continue the policy of sinking boats found to be illegally fishing in its waters, Maritime Affairs and ...

Taiwan bridge collapse victim laid to rest in hometown

Wartono, an Indonesian, who died in a bridge collapse incident in Nanfangao, Taiwan, was buried in his hometown burial ...

Six traditional fishermen apprehended for blast fishing in West Papua

The Wondama Bay Police in West Papua recently took in six traditional fishermen caught practicing blast fishing while ...

Family awaits corpse of victim of Taiwan bridge collapse incident

The family of Wartono, an Indonesian who fell victim to a bridge collapse incident in Nanfangao, Taiwan, currently ...

Indonesia has sunk 556 illegal boats: Pudjiastuti

Indonesia has sunk 556 illegal boats from October 2014 until present, including 21 foreign boats that the Maritime ...

Maritime, Fishery Ministry sinks 21 foreign boats for poaching

Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has sunken 21 foreign fishing boats for poaching in Indonesian ...

Armed group kidnaps three Indonesian fishermen in Lahad Datu, Malaysia

Indonesian Consulate in Tawau Sulistiyo Djati Ismoyo gave confirmation of an armed group kidnapping three Indonesian ...

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Nias Island prepped to engage international surfers, tourists

With the international maritime event of Sail Nias 2019 being organized from July to September 2019, the government is ...

Pudjiastuti urges six foreign ships be handed over before October

Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti had pressed for the handover of six foreign ships ...

Government firmly resolved to make Nias a global tourist destination

Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan echoed the Indonesian government’s resoluteness to ...

Fishermen's boats liven up 2019 Sail Nias main event

A parade of fishermen’s boats livened up the 2019 Sail Nias main event held in South Nias District, North ...

Eight foreign ambassadors to attend Sail Nias peak event

At least eight foreign ambassadors are expected to attend the Sail Nias 2019 peak event to be held at the Pelabuhan ...

Another endangered whale shark carcass washes ashore East Java waters

An official confirmed here on Tuesday of villagers at Bambang Beach, Lumajang District, East Java Province, spotting ...

Labuan Bajo commercial zone's construction to complete by 2020

The first-phase construction of an integrated commercial zone in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, was planned for ...