#illegal fishing

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Two fishing boats impounded for using trawls

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has impounded two fishing boats for using trawls to catch fish in the waters ...

Kupang Police Chief infected with COVID-19

Adjunct Senior Commissioner Aldinan RJH Manurung, the Kupang Police chief, tested positive for COVID-19 allegedly after ...

Indonesia steps up sea patrolling to eradicate illegal fishing

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo echoed his ministry’s unwavering commitment to boosting ...

Two foreign fishing vessels detained for poaching in Natuna waters

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry detained two Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessels for illegally poaching fish ...

Filipino, Malaysian fishing boats detained by Indonesia over poaching

Patrol ships of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries’ (KKP's) Directorate General for Supervision ...

MER-C urges Indonesians to work together in fighting COVID-19 pandemic

The Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia has appealed to Indonesian public and health workers to make ...

118 crew members involved in illegal fishing test negative for COVID

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has conducted rapid tests on 118 crew members of fishing vessels involved ...

Indonesia applies COVID-19 protocol in apprehending foreign poachers

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has applied a health protocol to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the arrest ...

Maluku police seize boat carrying one ton of cyanide

A Maluku marine police patrol intercepted a motor boat carrying one ton of cyanide in the waters between Buru and ...

Conservation, fisheries development need to go hand in hand: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said in addition to curbing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to ...

Malaysian-flagged fishing boat detained in Malacca Strait

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has arrested a Malaysian-flagged fishing boat for poaching in ...

Ministry identifies three areas susceptible to illegal fishing

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has identified three areas -- the waters of North Natuna Sea, Malacca ...

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 ...