#maritime affairs and fisheries

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Fishery production will increase more than 100 percent by 2019

The government has set a target to achieve 31 million tons of fishery production in 2019, an increase of more than 100 ...

Raja Ampat police nab Vietnam-flagged fishing boat

The Raja Ampat Police nabbed a Vietnam-flagged fishing boat, Thanh Cong 99612 TS GT, found fishing illegally in West ...

Indonesian industries unable to afford domestically-produced seaweed

The weak purchasing power of industries in the national maritime sector hinder them from absorbing ...

Indonesia strengthens surveillance fleet to combat illegal fishing

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry plans to strengthen its surveillance capacity to combat illegal fishing in ...

Indonesian worker protection agency wants moratorium on ship crew

The Agency of Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has urged the government to set a ...

Indonesia to streamline foreign businesses on outer isles in 2015

Indonesia, which has so far encountered problems with its frontier areas both on land and the outer islands, will ...

Government to have more patrol boats: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the government will buy more patrol boats in 2015 to protect its territorial ...

Fishing vessels of less than 10 GT exempt from operating permits

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has stated that fishing vessels of less than 10 gross tonnage ...

Maritime Affairs Ministry deploys satellites to detect illegal foreign vessels

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is using satellites to track and detect illegal foreign vessels ...

Ships sunk for criminal acts: President

President Joko Widodo has said the Indonesian government was sinking illegal foreign vessels as a deterrent action and ...

Govt forms fish theft eradication task force

- The Indonesian government has set up a fish theft eradication task force to investigate violators of fishing rules, ...

Indonesia begins sinking illegal fishing boats

Indonesia has detained 155 foreign fishing vessels and, on Friday, sunk three of them, a stern measure lauded by all ...

Govt must be consistent in sinking illegal fishing vessels: Academician

The government has been urged to be consistent in its operations to sink foreign vessels found fishing illegally in ...

Corruption eradication initiate to improve fisheries sector: Minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has expressed support to the corruption eradication ...

Transportation of marine products hindered by inadequate infrastructure

Inadequate infrastructure is posing a major obstacle for the transportation of marine products from one region to ...