JAKARTA The Indonesian government has abandoned a plan to contract out long-term fishing rights to companies, following intense criticism from small-scale fishers and experts that the move would effectively privatize the country’s marine resources. The plan, as proposed by the fisheries ministry, would have allowed local and foreign fishing companies to operate for at […]
All 25 crew members aboard a motor vessel survived after it burst into flames in the waters off Paiton coast in East Java's Probolinggo District on .
The House of Representatives (DPR RI) passed Papuan province bills that finalized the establishment of three new provinces in Papua Island carved from the .
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 […]