Indonesia Maritime defence and security issue

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Indonesian navy seizes boat with one-tonne of crystal meth in waters off Batam

The Indonesian navy earlier this week captured a fishing boat smuggling one tonne of crystal methamphetamine in rice sacks, off the waters of Batam island. The smugglers, using the boat MV Sunrise Glory, was first spotted by navy patrol KRI Sigurot 864 on Wednesday (Feb 7) afternoon as it entered Indonesian waters from the Singapore Strait. It was stopped and boarded by navy personnel for inspection in the Phillip Channel near islands off Batam.

Deputy Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Achmad will be fielding questions about the bust later on Saturday together with officials from the police and National Narcotics Agency (BNN), said a spokesman.

While the Sunrise Glory was flying a Singapore flag at the time, its crew was only able to produce photo-copied registration documents purportedly from Indonesia and there were also signs that it had used the name Sun De Man 66.

The Straits Times understands that the crew of four Taiwanese is suspected of operating the boat under various false flags for illegal fishing or smuggling.

Navy personnel later found the drugs onboard the fishing boat during further examination at Batu Ampar Port in Batam and detained the crew for investigation.

The case comes after Indonesian police and customs officers intercepted a 66-kg shipment of the same type of drugs, better known by its street name crystal meth, shabu-shabu or Ice, just last month.

Riau Islands police chief, Inspector-General Didid Widiadi said then that drugs were being shipped from Singapore to Batam by sea, and would later be flown to Jakarta by air.

Two men who turned up to pick up the shipment in Jakarta, were arrested on Jan 24 in connection with the case.

Indonesia has struggled to contain the drug problem, with officials estimating that there are at least 1.2 million drug abusers in the country with a population of more than 250 million.

Indonesia's numbers are just under half of Thailand's, which has about 2.7 million addicts out of a population of some 68 million.

Ecstasy, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine, better known as crystal meth, are the drugs of choice for substance abusers in Indonesia, similar to the trend in many other countries in the region.

On July 13, a suspected drug trafficker from Taiwan was shot dead by Indonesian police as he tried to escape.

Lin Ming Hui was one of four Taiwanese men found in Banten, a city near the capital Jakarta, with one tonne of crystal meth, a record bust at the time.

Indonesia has some of the world's toughest drug laws, and remains one of 33 countries that still use capital punishment for drug-related offences.

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se...one-tonne-of-crystal-meth-in-waters-off-batam

 

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Another big catch ...

Indonesia police seize more than a tonne of crystal meth from ship
ChannelNewsAsia -20 February 2018

The boat MV Sunrise Glory, which was falsely flying the Singapore flag, was stopped by an Indonesian navy patrol boat off Batam on Feb 7, 2018. (Photo: Indonesian navy)

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities early Tuesday (Feb 20) seized 1.6 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine hidden on a ship in their second major drug bust this month, officials said.

Customs inspectors said they spotted the vessel between Indonesia's Sumatra island and Singapore and reported it to police.

A subsequent search of the Singapore-flagged ship turned up the huge haul of narcotics stuffed into some 81 rice sacks. Four Taiwanese crew were arrested including a 69-year-old man.

"We are currently weighing the drugs and questioning four Taiwanese crew," tax and customs agency spokesman Deni Sirjantoro told AFP.

Indonesian authorities said they had been looking for the ship for several months on suspicion it was shipping drugs to Indonesia and Australia, adding that it may have flown flags from different countries to avoid detection.

Earlier this month, the Indonesian navy seized 1.3 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine from a ship spotted in the strait between Singapore and Indonesia.

Local media reported the drugs were smuggled in rice sacks and the boat MV Sunrise Glory, which was flying a Singapore flag, was operated by Taiwanese crew members.

Authorities suspect the vessel of being a “phantom ship”, which has likely used many names. Officials also suspect the crew of replacing the boat’s flag according to the country it passed by.

Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drugs laws, including capital punishment for some trafficking cases.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...ore-than-a-tonne-of-crystal-meth-from-9974962

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Record 1.6 tonnes of Crystal Meth seized from a ship off the northern island of Batam on Tuesday, the second major drug bust this month.

 

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Another illegal fishing boat seized around Bintan waters (24/2/2018)

https://kumparan.com/@kumparannews/tni-al-tangkap-kapal-ikan-asing-di-perairan-bintan

 

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Indonesia seizes alleged 'slave ship' wanted by Interpol

JAKARTA: Indonesia seized an alleged "slave ship" following a dramatic high seas chase sparked by an Interpol alert after the vessel escaped capture in China and Mozambique, authorities said Tuesday (Apr 10)

Interpol tipped off Indonesian authorities that the stateless STS-50, a vessel with a notorious maritime rap sheet, would be entering the Southeast Asian nation's waters with authorities concerned the crew were being forced to work.

The boat, captured on Friday around 95km from Weh Island in Aceh province, had 20 Indonesians, two Ukrainians and eight Russians aboard, including the captain, a senior navy official said.

The crew have been detained and are now being questioned.

The Indonesian sailors said they were not paid and that their passports and other documents had been taken away as soon as they boarded the ship nearly a year ago, the navy said.

"These Indonesians had been sailing for 10 months without being paid so that's why we suspect there was slavery happening," Indonesian navy deputy chief Achmad Taufiqoerrochman said.

The 258m long vessel, which was flying the flag of tiny African nation Togo, has previously flown flags from a string of countries including Japan, South Korea and Mozambique, authorities said.

It was on the run after escaping detention in China and also fleeing seizure in Mozambique.

Before it was caught in Indonesia, the vessel used several other names including Sea Breeze, Andrey Dolgov, and Aida, according to the fisheries ministry.

The vessel was equipped with some 600 gillnets - banned in some waters - targeting cod species and Antarctic toothfish. It is also suspected of involvement in "organised transnational crime", the ministry added without elaborating.

Two years ago, Indonesian warships detained a Chinese trawler wanted by Interpol in Argentina.

Jakarta has launched a tough crackdown on illegal fishing which involves sinking foreign vessels caught fishing without a permit after impounding the boats and removing the crews.


Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...lleged-slave-ship-wanted-by-interpol-10123296

 

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Google Satellite Tracking Is Indonesia's Weapon in Fishing War
By
Karlis Salna
April 20, 2018, 4:00 AM GMT+7

• Minister partners with search engine to expose unseen vessels
• Bad operators were robbing economy of billions in revenue

Susi Pudjiastuti Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti deals with some dangerous men in her role, but they don’t rattle her. She has an equally intimidating weapon on her side: Google.

Partnering with the search engine firm, Pudjiastuti is catching illegal fishing activity in real time, after thousands of vessels’ locations were revealed online. In her mission to clean up an industry once the domain of crooks, she’s convinced powerful local operators with foreign interests to stop practices that were robbing the economy of billions of dollars of revenue each year.

"You have money, you have power, you have the reach probably to make me fail or to even basically eliminate me," Pudjiastuti recalls telling the industry’s so-called “godfathers” in meetings shortly after joining President Joko Widodo’s government in 2014. “But I also will not stop."

After hunting down violators and blowing up their boats in public spectacles, Pudjiastuti’s approach has become more sophisticated. In a global first, the minister has teamed up with Google to use satellites to spot illegal fishermen from space. It’s paying off: Indonesia’s fish stocks have more than doubled in two years, and an industry plundered by foreigners for decades is once again contributing to economic growth.

In a sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands, the potential is vast. While fishing currently accounts for just 2.6 percent of Indonesia’s gross domestic product, that portion has grown about 40 percent since Pudjiastuti started her role. At that time, there were some 10,000 foreign vessels fishing illegally in Indonesia’s territory. She says they’re now all but gone.

Global Pirates
But it’s not game over for the minister: she says local boats are still working with “global pirates” who catch fish just outside the permitted zone, which are then shipped to foreign destinations. And that’s where Google comes in.

Indonesian Navy blows up 6 foreign fishing vessel caught fishing illegally in Batam. Photographer: Sijori Images/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

"They still steal from us. We see it on Google fishing watch," Pudjiastuti said. "They use Indonesian-affiliated companies and businesses and basically take their catch a few miles beyond the exclusive economic zone, where a refrigerated mothership is waiting."

Indonesia last year became the first nation to share its Vessel Monitoring System information -- government-owned data used to monitor maritime traffic -- with Global Fishing Watch, an online mapping platform co-founded by Google and funded by partners including the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Pudjiastuti’s initiative instantly made nearly 5,000 previously invisible boats viewable. She has called for other nations to follow her lead, with Peru last year committing to making its fishing data available.

Brian Sullivan, the manager of Google Ocean and Earth Outreach, said information from Indonesia’s VMS was fed through the same algorithm used by Global Fishing Watch to produce a new set of analytics. That was then added to raw satellite imagery to produce an even more detailed footprint of fishing activities in near-real time.

“Susi reached out to us and said ’I like what you’re working on, we’d like to see how we could use that information in Indonesia,” California-based Sullivan said in a telephone interview. “She has been probably one of the most progressive ministers within fisheries for taking something that historically all governments had kept extremely close.”

Susi Pudjiastuti, Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
Watching You
By using machine learning and watching how a vessel moves, Google’s technology is able to establish patterns, and determine whether a vessel is in transit or fishing.

A study published last month found that foreign fishing in Indonesia dropped by more than 90 percent and total fishing by 25 percent following the tough policies introduced by Pudjiastuti, which also included a ban on all foreign-owned and -made boats from fishing in Indonesia and the restriction of transfers of fish at sea.

"We know what it looks like when a vessel is broadcasting because we see that vessel’s position,” said Sullivan. “And if it then goes quiet for a while and then reappears on the other side of a marine-protected area that would be considered suspicious activity."

Ship Wrecker
With almost 34,000 miles of coastline to monitor, the minister and her partners have a big job. But it’s not just about economic gains and food security: it’s also about sovereignty, an issue that plays well for the domestic audience.

Illegal boats in Natuna that will be sunk by authorities on Aug. 17, 2016. Source: Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries via Getty Images
In 2016, Indonesia marked its Independence Day celebrations by sinking about 70 foreign fishing vessels, mostly from Vietnam but also from China. It was an overt display aimed at sending a message: the nation intended to protect its lucrative fishing grounds, including in the South China Sea.

Since the end of 2014, Pudjiastuti has sunk more than 350 other boats.

“They take our resources. If we don’t put an end to them they’re going to come back and fish again,” she said. “And now I am screaming -- I want to tell everybody ‘Be aware, they are moving to you’.”

— With assistance by Adrian Leung

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...tracking-is-indonesia-s-weapon-in-fishing-war

 

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Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal fishing is paying off, study finds

• Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its waters are paying for for domestic fisheries and fish recovery, according to a new study.
• But for Indonesia to continue to reap the benefits from its anti-IUU fishing policies, the country needs to ensure that domestic fishing efforts are also well-managed, the paper’s authors noted.
• Indonesia’s success in tackling illegal fishing provides an example that can be implemented in other countries plagued by overfishing by foreign vessels, the researchers concluded.

JAKARTA — Tough measures by Indonesia to protect its fisheries from foreign poaching vessels are proving effective in helping replenish fish stocks, a new study says.

Seizing and blowing up illegal foreign fishing boats and banning fish transfers at sea have eased the pressure on Indonesia’s intensively fished waters. The country, the second-biggest marine capture fisheries producer in the world, can serve as an example for other nations plagued by illegal fishing, according to the report published last month in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

The report showed that foreign fishing activity in Indonesia declined by more than 90 percent, and total fishing by 25 percent, since 2014, when the government banned foreign fishing boats from its waters, among other restrictions on fishing.

Indonesia lost an estimated $4 billion per year to illegal fishing before 2014, the study noted. Since then, more than 300 ships, foreign and local alike, found violating the fishing bans have been seized and sunk.

“Indonesia’s anti-IUU [illegal, unreported and unregulated] fishing policies draw a lot of media attention and speculation about their effect, but no one has demonstrated or evaluated the efficacy of the policies,” said lead author Reniel Cabral, a postdoctoral marine scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Cabral and his colleagues studied three different empirical datasets: satellite data of nightlights; publicly accessible automatic identification system (AIS); and vessel monitoring system (VMS) data provided by the Indonesian government.

To verify whether Indonesia’s anti-IUU fishing efforts were helping fish recovery, the researchers focused on skipjack tuna, the largest fishery in Indonesia by volume, as a model case study.

The findings suggested Indonesian skipjack tuna fishermen would lose 59 percent in catch and 64 percent in profit by 2035 compared to current levels if an open-access regime was maintained and no IUU policies were implemented in the country.

On the other hand, the scientists suggested the fishermen could enjoy an increase of 14 percent in fish catch by 2035 and 12 percent rise in profit compared to current levels if the government continued to curtail IUU fishing and cap harvests at maximum sustainable levels.

Duto Nugroho, a fisheries biologist at Indonesia’s fisheries ministry, said the government had drawn up a number of frameworks and guidelines to achieve maximum sustainable levels to accommodate local fishermen. One such policy is the country’s 2016 fisher protection and empowerment act, which adopts sustainable criteria.

Nugroho said the ministry had carried out an evaluation of the policies, but noted there were indications that even as poaching by foreign vessels was severely diminished, local fishermen were catching more fish.

“There are still uncertainties on recovery status of fish stocks post anti-IUU [fishing] polices,” he said.

Domestic fishing appears to be expanding significantly to replace international fishing pressure and could undo the benefits of fighting illegal fishing if left unchecked, Cabral and his colleagues agreed.

“[F]or them to continually capture benefits from their anti-IUU fishing policies, they need to ensure that domestic fishing efforts are also well-managed,” Cabral said.

There are currently more than 3,300 new fishing boats under construction in Indonesia, and the government aims to distribute more than 13,800 sets of fishing gear to local fishermen by 2019. The new vessels are set to be much smaller than the foreign boats being replaced.

Reducing fishing pressure in Indonesia’s waters will have to mean imposing restrictions on local small-scale fishermen, for which contingencies must be made, the researchers noted.

“Governments should include pro-poor measures that provide an economic safety net to local fishers and make legal forms of fishing more lucrative and attractive,” they wrote.

Some of the measures the researchers suggested include making small-scale fisheries open access, banning trawl-like fishing gear, and improving fishery registration and data management.

The Indonesian government’s policy to make its VMS data publicly available is another indication of its commitment to combating domestic IUU fishing, they added.

“Increased transparency, along with effective regulation and enforcement, can lead to better outcomes for fish stocks and local livelihoods,” said David Kroodsma, director of research and development at Global Fishing Watch, an online platform by Google in partnership with the NGOs Oceana and SkyTruth.

About 20 percent of the global fish catch, amounting to 11 million to 26 million metric tons, is caught illegally, resulting in an annual global fisheries losses of $10 billion to $23.5 billion. In some regions, such as the western and central Pacific Ocean and eastern central Atlantic, illegally caught fish may constitute more than 30 percent of the total catch.

Rampant fishing activities in international waters or other countries’ exclusive economic zone has typically been accompanied by high incidences of IUU fishing activities, raising concerns about the sustainability of global fisheries.

The researchers suggest that what Indonesia has successfully achieved can be implemented in other countries struggling with interlopers in their waters.

“When a country is plagued by high levels of IUU fishing by foreign fleets, addressing IUU fishing can drive fisheries recovery without reducing local catch and profit,” Cabral wrote.

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Indonesia seizes two Vietnamese fishing boats in crackdown

JAKARTA: Indonesia seized two illegal Vietnamese fishing boats and their crew on Wednesday (Apr 25), an official said, marking Jakarta's latest bid to boot foreign vessels from its waters.

The boats were spotted sailing side-by-side near Indonesia's Natuna islands, on the fringes of the South China Sea, when an Indonesian patrol boat ordered them to slow down, officials said.

The vessels instead sped up so Indonesia's maritime security agency gave chase and apprehended the vessels, it said.

"They were just starting and had some fish with them - about 300 kilogrammes," said agency spokesman Mardiono, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.

The combined 21 crew were taken into custody, the agency said.

Indonesia, the world's biggest archipelago nation, has been trying to stop foreign vessels fishing without permission in its territory, with President Joko Widodo claiming it costs the economy billions of dollars annually.

It has turned to a campaign of blowing up captured foreign boats as a deterrent.

About 200 foreign vessels captured fishing illegally have been sunk - after the crews were removed - since Widodo took power in 2014, with some exploded in spectacular public displays.

Last year, Indonesia detained 11 Vietnamese sailors following a confrontation around Indonesia's Natuna Islands, while one member of its own coastguard was being held in Vietnam.

Also in 2017, four Vietnamese fishermen were shot and wounded by the Indonesian navy over fishing in Natuna.

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Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill
by Basten Gokkon on 31 May 2018

• Indonesia’s fisheries ministry has submitted to parliament a bill of amendments aimed at strengthening the 2009 Fisheries Act through more stringent provisions.
• These include recognizing, for the first time, the criminal culpability of the owners of vessels engaged in illegal fishing activities. Under the bill, these owners would face longer prison sentences and heavier fines than their crews.
• While legal experts and sustainable-fishing activists have welcomed the bill, concerns remain over the less-than-clear language of some of the provisions, which could open up loopholes.
• The government expects the bill to be passed this year, and says it will bring much-needed transparency to the fisheries industry.

JAKARTA — The owners of ships engaged in illegal fishing in Indonesia could finally face criminal justice under proposed amendments to the country’s fisheries law, as the government seeks to foster a sustainable industry in one of the world’s richest fisheries.

The bill of amendments submitted to parliament by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries incorporates points from existing ministerial and presidential decrees issued after the passage of the 2009 Fisheries Act. These include bans on, among other things, foreign fishing vessels and crews; the transshipment of fish catches between vessels at sea; and foreign investment in the capture fisheries sector.

The ministry is also seeking authority for law enforcement agencies to burn and sink boats caught in the act of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, without having to wait for a guilty verdict from a court, as is currently required.

Fisheries ministry officials have sunk hundreds of illegal boats to combat illegal fishing in Indonesian waters. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

The most important point, though, is the proposed expansion of criminal punishment for perpetrators of illegal fishing. Under the current legislation, only those caught in the act of IUU fishing — typically boat crews — face prosecution, while the owners of the vessels avoid any kind of punishment.

“We never punish the corporate owners of [illegal fishing] vessels,” Susi Pudjiastuti, the fisheries minister, said during a public discussion on May 21 in Jakarta. “The result is that a syndication, a transnational organized crime [network] in fisheries, has flourished globally. This must not happen anymore.”

The bill calls for criminal sanctions for corporate and beneficiary owners of vessels engaged in illegal fishing. It prescribes jail sentences for these owners that are one-third longer than the sentences handed down to their boat crews, and fines that are two-thirds higher.

“My hope for the [fisheries] bill is that it will improve weak fundamentals in the current law,” Susi said, adding that the proposed amendments were aimed at achieving sovereignty, sustainability and prosperity in Indonesia’s fisheries industry.

“I hope that the revisions can help Indonesia become the world’s maritime fulcrum,” she added.

Mas Achmad Santosa, who chairs a presidentially appointed task force on illegal fishing, said punishing the vessel owners and the corporate beneficiaries was part of a move toward greater transparency and law enforcement in the industry, and would serve as a deterrent effect.

“Good fisheries governance must be transparent, and fishing companies must be held responsible and accountable,” he said.

Up to 80 percent of fishers operating in Indonesian waters are small-scale fishers, defined under the country’s laws as those with vessels smaller than 5 gross tonnage (GT). The proposed amendments will allow them to operate in all areas except the core zones of marine conservation areas. They will also be exempted from having to obtain operating permits, but will have to document and report their catches regularly to local authorities.

The fisheries ministry is also proposing new protections on the “rights of oceans,” and recognition of the role coastal communities play in marine conservation.

“The ocean actually has the right to defend its existence, tend to its health, and ensure the sustainability of its resources,” said Sjarief Widjaja, the ministry’s head of capture fisheries, adding that this was part of the government’s efforts “to achieve sustainable fisheries management.”

Fish for sale at a market in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Image courtesy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

Discussions on the bill of amendments, between the fisheries ministry and the parliamentary commission that oversees marine, forestry and agriculture issues, began in April.

“We hope this bill will provide a solution to Indonesia’s marine woes, particularly in advocating for law enforcement against illegal fishing,” Edhy Prabowo, the commission chairman, said at the May 21 discussion. “At the same time, it must benefit our fishermen in [terms of] sovereignty and sustainability.”

Arif Satria, chancellor of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) and an expert on marine policy, said the bill would help improve the sustainability of Indonesia’s fisheries.

“By adding regulations on ocean rights, [the bill] could be categorized as ‘strong sustainability,’ because the law will not just acknowledge the rights of living things, but also those of non-living ones, like water,” Arif said.

Arifsyah Nasution, oceans campaigner with Greenpeace Indonesia, said the proposed amendments would underpin a clearer path for sustainable marine resources management to flourish in the country.

“I think the sustainability aspect in this bill is stronger than the current fisheries law,” he said.

Arifsyah noted, though, that the language in some of the provisions was unclear, which could create loopholes for illegal fishing.

On the issue of transshipment, for instance, the bill bans the practice if carried out “without landing the catches at appointed fish ports or state-owned ports with customs facility.” Arifsyah said this could be interpreted to mean that transshipment was permitted as long as the catches were landed at certain ports.

The bill also exempts from the transshipment ban “support vessels for fishing operations that work between the fishing ground and the appointed ports.” Arifsyah said this could provide cover for illegal fishers to pass off their boats as support vessels.

This gray area, he warned, could blunt the impact of the transshipment ban. He noted that a regulation already exists stipulating a complete prohibition on transshipment in Indonesian waters. If the bill passes in its current form, it would take precedence over this much stronger regulation.

Arifsyah also said the bill should still limit foreign investment in the downstream fisheries sector, which includes processing and distribution, to prevent foreign control of the sector.

“There are Indonesian businesses in this sector that need government support, protection and guidance,” he said. “We are not against foreign investment, but the main players in the Indonesian fisheries industry must still be state-owned or local private companies.”

The draft is currently under review by the House’s legislative body, known as Baleg. However, the draft will have to be reviewed in a cabinet meeting and in a House’s plenary meeting before it can be passed into law.

Sjarief, the fisheries ministry official, said he was optimistic the bill would be passed this year. He added the ministry would also hold discussions with fishing companies and communities during the ongoing deliberations.

Arifsyah said it was important for the ministry to get the support of fishers, the private sector, marine experts and civil society groups to help pass the bill. It must also ensure that the administration of President Joko Widodo is committed to establishing a sustainable fisheries industry in Indonesia, he said.

“We hope this fisheries bill will be truly more progressive and clearer in establishing the three goals of sovereignty, sustainability and prosperity,” Arifsyah said.

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/indonesia-targets-illegal-fishing-vessel-owners-under-new-bill/

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Long time no update.. to my surprise the practice of ships sinking is still going strong.. but this time no explosion. Just 2 weeks ago, 125 illegal fishing vessels were drowned and 2 days ago another 6 illegal fishing vessels were also drowned. Most of the vessels are from Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.

https://www.liputan6.com/bisnis/read/3624466/125-kapal-pencuri-ikan-kembali-ditenggelamkan-paling-banyak-dari-vietnam

From October 2014 until August 2018, 462 foreign illegal fishing vessels have been sunk.

http://manado.tribunnews.com/2018/0...rbanyak-kapal-vietnam-ini-rinciannya?page=all

 

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'One fish at a time': Indonesia lands remarkable victory
Tuna fishery gains first MSC gold standard after nation’s huge push to boost stocks, protect livelihoods and ban foreign vessels

Indonesia, the world’s largest tuna fishing nation, has pulled out all the stops in recent years to transform the health of an industry blighted by depleted stocks and illegal poaching.

Measures by the government – which have even included the bombing of foreign vessels fishing illegally in Indonesian waters – have helped fish stocks more than double in the last five years.

But now the industry has reached another important milestone: one of Indonesia’s tuna fisheries has become the first in the country – and second in south-east Asia – to achieve the gold standard for sustainable practices.

The PT Crac Sorong pole and line skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery, based in the province of West Papua, has been certified by the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing.

The fishery, which has become a beacon of best practice in the region, runs 35 pole and line fishing vessels and employs 750 local fishers.

“The efforts made by the fishery to achieve MSC certification will help safeguard livelihoods, seafood supplies and healthy oceans for future generations,” said Patrick Caleo, Asia Pacific director at the MSC. “We hope to see other fisheries follow their lead by joining the global movement for seafood sustainability.”

PT Crac’s new status will create fresh opportunities within the export market. The UK’s Sainsbury’s and Switzerland’s largest retailer, Migros, are among companies that have already committed to the preferential sourcing of certified Indonesian pole and line products.

“We work hard to provide our customers with sustainable seafood products, which is why Migros has committed to preferentially sourcing MSC-certified one-by-one tuna from Indonesia,” said Adrian Lehmann, one of the company’s buyers.


Traditional pole and line fishing has been carried out in Indonesia for many generations. Ali Wibisono, the CEO at PT Crac, said the fishery had employed sustainable practices since it was founded in 1975.

However, to meet the international standard it was necessary to collect extensive data, implementing an observer programme on the vessels to report on tuna and baitfish catches and interaction with vulnerable species.

Wibisono told the Guardian: “Having that first certification – hopefully, the first of many for Indonesia – is a proud moment and really puts us on the map. It is an important milestone for the country but the sustainability of our resources goes beyond the certification.

“Our fisheries also have great importance for the people of Indonesia, providing many jobs, food and supporting livelihoods.”

He said 25% of the fishery’s tuna goes to the local market while each of the 750 fishermen will take some of the catch home to their family.

The certification will boost the reputation of the Sorong product on the export market as well as having a positive impact on the labour market locally.

“There will be work opportunities for fishermen in the pole and line fleets and also the workers in Sorong’s fish factory,” said Wibisono. “This will attract non-pole and line fisheries to follow our lead and improve the economic turnover in the region.”

Globally, tuna fisheries have an annual value of more than $40bn (£31bn), making improved conservation of the species critical to sustaining marine ecosystems and coastal communities who rely on the industry for food and income.

Indonesia produces more tuna than any other country in the world with total landings of more than 620,000 metric tonnes in 2014, according to the latest data published by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

The majority of tuna landed worldwide is taken by fishing vessels using large purse seine nets to encircle schools of fish, primarily targeting skipjack and yellowfin tuna.

While purse seiners operating in the Indonesian economic zone are responsible for the biggest catches, their environmental impact is much greater than pole and line fisheries, which account for 50,000 metric tonnes a year, according to government estimates.

recognised as being the most sustainable model,” he said.

The IPNLF has this week released a film about sustainable tuna fishing. Following its work with PT Crac, the organisation is supporting a further six fisheries in Indonesia to help them achieve MSC certification by mid-2020.

Purves said: “We have had support from 12 of our supply chain members which have signed a joint letter urging fisheries they will switch from any non-MSC tuna to one-by-one tuna from those fisheries in Indonesia reaching MSC certification. That is quite a strong commitment from the market.”

In the past, Indonesia has been seen as a country with lots of small vessels operating without proper management, but steps taken by the ministry ofmaritime affairs and fisheries (MMAF)have started to bear fruit, said Purves.

“The fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti has taken a worldwide lead in terms of addressing illegal fishing in a country that has had major issues in this area,” he said. “A lot of it has been quite public campaigns where vessels have been confiscated or set alight at sea and bombed. But in addition to publicity-grabbing efforts there has been a lot done to improve the legislative framework and great work on transparency.”

Indonesia was the first country in the world to publicly share the positions of its fishing fleets on the public online platform Global Fishing Watch, which uses satellite technology to give real-time tracking information for 70,000 of the world’s largest fishing boats.

In 2014 the MMAF introduced a raft of changes to manage Indonesia’s marine resources, including banning fishing using foreign capital and the use of destructive fishing gear, including trawl nets.

Trian Yunanda, deputy director at the ministry, told the Guardian the policies had led to increased fish stocks and and improvement in the prosperity of fishermen and coastal communities, according to figures for 2016 and 2017.

“The data shows that our traditional and small-scale fisheries have benefited, and their catch has double, from the implemented policy,” explained Yunanda.

He added: “The MSC certification of PT Crac has motivated other tuna fisheries in Indonesia to develop fish improvement projects to address their negative environmental impacts and look at ways to improve.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...sh-at-a-time-indonesia-lands-victory-tuna-msc

 

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Indonesia Seizes Four Vietnamese Illegal Fishing Vessels
By
Desk Editor Insider
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February 26, 2019


Indonesian navy just arrested four Vietnam-flagged illegal fishing vessels in North Natuna Sea, Riau Islands Province, Sunday (02/24) - Photo: Special
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Indonesia keeps fighting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing vessels in the country’ territory. Recently, Indonesian navy just arrested four Vietnam-flagged illegal fishing vessels in North Natuna Sea, Riau Islands Province, Sunday (02/24).

The vessels also allegedly used trawl which is forbidden in Indonesia. Those illegal vessels are BV 9487 TS with 2 holds capacity, BV 525 TS and BV 4923 TS with one hold capacity each, also an empty BV 525 TS.

The Vietnam vessels was guarded by two Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) ships. The ships did a dangerous maneuver to Indonesian Navy ship, KRI TOM-357.

When Indonesian Navy ship escorted four illegal fishing vessels, VFSR ships infiltrated Indonesian exclusive economic zone and did hostile intent act to prevent the arrest. But Indonesia could avoid the manuever and continue to escort the vessels to Indonesian Navy Base in Tanjung Pinang, Riau.

“Their surveillance vessels tried to hinder, even chased to our territory,” said Indonesian Minister for Marine and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti, in official statement.

VFRS is known as Vietnamese government institution under its Agriculture and Rural Development ministry. It coordinates with Vietnam Navy, Vietnamese Coast Guard, and Vietnam Border Defence Force. Owns at least 100 ships, VFRS is a non-military task force responsible for patrol, monitor, surveillance, and act to law violation in Vietnam jurisdiction waters.

Indonesia considered that it is not the first time VFRS did such thing. According to Pudjiasuti, on Feb. 19, VFRS ship also disrupted.

The minister stated that she condemned VFRS boat for hindering Indonesia’ effort in arresting four Vietnamese illegal vessels. She explained that Vietnam has violated several international laws such as Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collision at Sea 1972 (COLREGS 1972) and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and Indonesian law.

From October 2014, Indonesia has sunken 488 illegal fishing vessels. More than half of the vessels are Vietnam’s, amounted 276 units.

“As world community, Vietnam shouldn’t let this keep happening, but soon improving and harmonize with several global movements to eradicate IUU fishing,” said Pudjiastuti.

Indonesia has mentioned its protest and asked Vietnam’s government to explain and apologize trough official diplomatic channel. And to prevent this to happen in the future, Marine and Fisheries ministry, along with Navy and Sea Security Agency will invigorate patrol in North Natuna Sea waters.

Written by Staff Editor, Email: theinsiderstories@gmail.com

https://theinsiderstories.com/indonesia-seizes-four-vietnamese-illegal-fishing-vessels/

 

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• Susi Pertanyakan Pemilik Kapal Pencuri Ikan 1.200 GT yang Lolos

Reporter:
Francisca Christy Rosana
Editor:
Rr. Ariyani Yakti Widyastuti
30 Juni 2019 08:59 WIB

Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti hari ini, Selasa, 30 April 2019, melakukan peninjauan 22 kapal asing di Pontianak yang akan ditenggelamkan pada Sabtu, 4 Mei 2019. (sumber: Twitter @kkpgoid)

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Menteri Perikanan dan Kelautan Susi Pudjiastuti mengeluhkan kegagalan aparat penegak hukum Indonesia mengusut aktor intelektual atau dalang dari kegiatan pencurian ikan di perairan Nusantara. Menurut dia, selama ini, pihaknya berhasil menyita kapal-kapal ilegal pencoleng, namun pemiliknya tak berhasil tersentuh.

Susi mengenang pengalamannya menangani kasus sebuah kapal pengangkut ikan besar bermuatan 3.000 ton ikan di Sabang, Aceh serta kapal-kapal-kapal bermuatan besar lainnya seperti MV Viking dan STS 50 beberapa waktu silam. Ia berkisah berhasil menangkap awak kapal dan menyita muatan ikan senilai Rp 20 miliar.


Namun, dalang intelektual kapal bermuatan besar itu tak turut terhukum. “Saya tenggelamkan kapal 1.200 GT. Pemiliknya siapa dan di mana? Masa kapal segede itu tidak ada pemiliknya? Hal seperti ini tidak boleh terjadi,” ucap Susi kala mengisi kuliah umum di Sekolah Staf dan Pimpinan Tinggi Sespimti Polri seperti dikutip dalam siaran pers pada Ahad, 30 Juni 2019.

Menurut Susi, polisi memiliki peran untuk menindak pemilik kapal perikanan asing yang melakukan aktivitas-aktivitas ilegal di perairan Indonesia. Sebab, Kementeriannya saat ini hanya mampu menghukum pelaku fisik atau pelaku yang ditemukan di lapangan. Sedangkan pengusutan dalang intelektual tindak pencurian menjadi wewenang polisi.

Susi berharap polisi dapat ikut mengusut berbagai kasus kejahatan di laut dan mengetatkan penjagaan supaya penangkapan kapal pencoleng menjadi lebih tepat sasaran. "Pertanggungjawaban pidana korporasi dalam arti yang luas harus dikuasai oleh penyidik," ucapnya.

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Menurut Susi, tindakan mengusut para pelaku intelektual kejahatan di perairan sangat penting lantaran hasil laut Indonesia memiliki nilai ekonomi yang besar. Hal tersebut terbukti dengan keberhasilan upaya pemberantasan penangkapan kapal ilegal yang memberikan berbagai dampak positif terhadap ekonomi selama 4,5 tahun terakhir.
Sumber : tempi.co
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Susi: 10.000 Kapal Pelaku Illegal Fishing Telah Angkat Kaki dari Indonesia
Kamis, 4 Juli 2019 | 14:37 WIB

KOMPAS.com/FABIAN JANUARIUS KUWAMenteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti saat memimpin penenggelaman 33 kapal asing pencuri ikan di perairan Selat Lampa, Kabupaten Natuna, Kepulauan Riau, Minggu (29/10/2017). Di sela-sela kunjungan kerja dan memimpin penenggelaman kapal di Natuna, Menteri Susi melakukan piknik mendadak di Pantai Sindu, salah satu pantai berbatu raksasa di Pulau Ranai.


JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com — Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti mengatakan, 10.000 kapal asing yang telah melakukan illegal fishing telah angkat kaki dari perairan Indonesia. Hal tersebut disebabkan kebijakan pemerintah Indonesia yang secara tegas menindak tegas kapal-kapal asing pencuri ikan di Indonesia.

“Jadi hilangnya 10.000 kapal asing justru malah menaikkan pendapatan kita semua,” ujar Susi di kantornya, Jakarta, Kamis (4/7/2019).

Susi mengatakan, sebelum dilakukan penindakan, kondisi perekonomian nelayan menurun drastis. Sebab, mereka kalah saing dalam menangkap ikan dengan kapal-kapal asing.
“Kapalnya luar biasa besar yang akhirnya menghabiskan sumber daya laut kita,” kata Susi.

Atas dasar itu, Susi membantah jika kebijakannya yang menenggelamkan kapal asing pencuri ikan di Indonesia tak memiliki dampak terhadap kesejahteraan nelayan.

“Jadi tidak ada yang bilang penertiban illegal fisihing membuat mundur atau stagnan dari ekonomi perikanan. Tidak, malah justru luar biasa lebih baik,” ucap dia.
Source : kompas.com



Hingga Juni 2019, Susi Tenggelamkan 28 Kapal Ilegal
Fikri Muhammad, CNBC Indonesia
NEWS

04 July 2019 18:25

Foto: Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan, Susi Pudjiastuti (CNBC Indonesia/Lidya Julita S)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia- Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan sampai Juni 2019 telah menenggelamkan 28 kapal penangkap ikan ilegal. Para penangkap ikan ilegal itu tak hanya dari manca negara namun juga ada yang berasal dari Indonesia.

Plt Direktur Jenderal Pengawasan Sumber Daya Kelautan dan Perikanan Agus Suherman merinci jumlah kapal yang ditenggelamkan. Diantaranya adalah Malaysia 3, Filipina 1, Vietnam 23, dan Indonesia 1 kapal.
Dasar pemusnahan/penenggelaman kapal merupakan amanat dari UU di bidang perikanan. Lalu, kapal-kapal barang bukti yang ditenggelamkan umumnya telah memiliki putusan pengadilan yang memiliki kekuatan hukum tetap (in kracht).


Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan melakukan metode pengawasan hard structure dan soft structure. Hard structure melakukan pemantauan posisi dan pergerakan kapal menggunakan Vessel Monitoring System (VMS).

Sementara Softstructure dilakukan dengan kerjasama antar lembaga/kementerian, kerjasama bilateral/internasional, ratifikasi konvensi internasional, dan aktif dalam organisasi internasional (seperti RPOA).

Agus mengatakan saat ini sudah ada 85,20% kepatuhan kapal yang memasang transmitter untuk VMS.

"Dari 4.875 kapal berizin aktif yang telah memasang transmitter SPKP (Sistem Pemantauan Kapal Perikanan)/VMS, sebanyak 4.077 kapal yang terpantau," ucap Agus Suherman pada konferensi pers di Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan, Jakarta Pusat (4/7/2019).

Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan Susi Pudjiastuti juga mengatakan bahwa Laju pertumbuhan PDB perikanan triwulan I-2019 5,07% lebih tinggi dari laju PDB nasional.

"Dalam situasi ekonomi yang sedang down, PDB nasional kita turun. PDB perikanan diatas rata-rata PDB nasional. Dengan keberlanjutan pilar, terus kita jaga, kita berharap PDB tahun depanya tentunya bisa diatas 6. Saya pikir itu hal yang sangat mengembirakan kita semua," ucap Menteri Susi di Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan, Jakarta Pusat (4/7/2019).

Karena itu, Susi yakin bahwa illegal fishing tak berdampak pada perekonomian perikanan. Karena nilai tukar nelayan dari tahun 2015 sampai 2019 mengalami kenaikan.

Tercatat dari data BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik) Untuk NTN (Nilai Tukar Nelayan) pada 2018 adalah 113,28 menjadi 113,08 pada Mei 2019. NTUN (Nilai Tukar Usaha Nelayan) di 2018 adalah 126,28 sedangkan 2019 mencapai 127,25.

Kemudian untuk NTPi (Nilai Tukar Pembudidayaan Ikan) pada 2018 adalah 100,80 kemudian 2019 menjadi 101,99. Sedangkan NTUPi (Nilai Tukar Usaha Pembudidayaan Ikan) pada 2018 ialah 113,27 kemudian pada Mei 2019 mencapai 114,94. (gus)
Till june 2019 susi sink 28 illegal fishing boat..
Malaysia 3 ship
Philipine 1
Vietnam 23
Indonesia 1

Susi Pudjiastuti Wants Growth in GDP of Fisheries Above 6 Percent

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries had sunk 516 vessels in illegal fishing. The sinking of the ship has occurred since November 2014 until May 2019 or since Susi served as a minister in the government of President Joko Widodo.
According to her, controlling or prosecuting illegal fishing does not make the fisheries economy backward or stagnant. "It is amazing that this strength has been improved and absolutely built by domestic capture fleets, almost all domestic cultivation," Susi said in her office, Jakarta, Thursday, July 5, 2019.

Susi also explained the achievements of the first semester KKP programs. Among them were the rate of fisheries GDP growth in the first quarter of 2019 which was 5.67 percent higher than the national GDP growth rate of 5.07 percent.

This figure is also higher than the agricultural group GDP growth rate of 1.81 percent. According to him, the GDP value of Fisheries rose from IDR 58.97 trillion in the first quarter of 2018 to IDR 62.31 trillion in the first quarter of 2019.
Susi Pudjiastuti said capture fisheries production continued to increase. Fisheries production in 2019 in the first quarter increased by 3.03 percent compared to fisheries production in the first quarter of 2018.

 

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This is purely a question on Bahasa Indonesia, what does "telah angkat kaki" means? We don't have this phrase in Malaysia.