JAKARTA The Indonesian government will issue a decree that manages the country’s marine fisheries based on capture quotas, but experts have raised concerns that this new approach may threaten the sustainability of the country’s fish stocks. The fisheries ministry said it expects to issue a government regulation on quota-based fisheries management in July, after […]
JAKARTA Small-scale fishers in Indonesia will be exempt from an end to “harmful” subsidies agreed by governments at the World Trade Organization. Indonesian negotiators citing existing fishing quotas that are meant to be sustainable and the fact that Indonesian fishers receive a fraction of what fishers in other countries get in the way of […]
BATAM/JAKARTA, Indonesia A recent spate of illegal fishing incursions into Indonesian waters by Vietnamese vessels has sparked calls from local fishers and environmental activists for increased monitoring and security. Dozens of Vietnamese fishing boats have been detected throughout 2022 in the waters north of the Natuna Islands, according to reports and vessel-tracking intelligence. Known […]
JAKARTA Indonesia’s fish stock has declined in the past five years as more of the country’s waters are now fully exploited, according to new government data. The latest data released by the fisheries ministry earlier this month put Indonesia’s estimated fish stock at 12 million metric tons, down almost 4% from the 12.5 million […]
JAKARTA Indonesia’s former fisheries minister has had his jail sentence for corruption slashed by nearly half after an appeals court ruled that he had “done good work” while in office specifically pointing to a policy that he abused to collect nearly $2 million in kickbacks. Edhy Prabowo was arrested in November 2020 on […]