#illegal fishing

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Fisheries Ministry detains five foreign fishing boats in Natuna

The Directorate General of Marine Resources Surveillance of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry detained five ...

Japan hands over fishery patrol vessel to Indonesia

Japan has handed over a fishery patrol vessel Hakurei Maru to Indonesia, along with maintenance and equipment fund ...

Seized Chinese fishing vessel sank in Semau Island waters, NTT

A Timor Leste-flagged Chinese fishing vessel Fu Yuan Yu 831, seized by Indonesia’s authority over poaching in the ...

Ministry seizes three Vietnamese fishing vessels in North Natuna

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has detained three Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessels in the North Natuna ...

Upgrading Natuna's status to province not deemed urgent by lawmaker

House of Representatives' Commission I member Sodik Mudjahid views it nonurgent to upgrade Natuna District, Riau ...

Indonesia strengthens surveillance mission in its waters

The Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is closely coordinating with the Coordinating Ministry for ...

Tanjungpinang immigration deports 50 foreign nationals in 2019

The Immigration Office in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands Province, deported 50 foreign nationals last year for being ...

Navy arrests fisherman over fish bombing charges in East Flores

Personnel of the Indonesian Navy's observatory post in East Flores District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, took a ...

Indonesia, Namibia to enhance cooperation in infrastructure, trade

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held bilateral talks with Namibian Minister of International Cooperation and ...

Ministry seizes 12 illegal FADs in Sulawesi waters

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has seized 12 fish aggregating devices (FADs) installed illegally in the ...

PNG court sentences five Indonesian fishermen to five years in jail

The Vanimo Court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has ordered five Indonesian fishermen to serve a five-year prison sentence ...

Five Jayapura fishermen to stand trial in PNG

Five fishermen from the Papua provincial capital of Jayapura are scheduled to be tried in the court of law in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...