How is Indonesia Affected by IUU Fishing?

The government also carried out a moratorium on foreign vessels and also a ban on transshipment in 2014, the establishment of the Illegal Fishing Eradication Task Force, an analysis of the evaluation of ex-foreign fishing vessels and in 2016 a ban on ex-foreign vessels and foreign capital in the capture fisheries sector was established.

And also to support the first pillar, namely the pillar of sovereignty, Indonesia sinks ships that commit illegal fishing crimes to provide a deterrent effect.

Through analysis and evaluation activities, it was found that all Anev object vessels violated the laws and regulations related to fisheries.

There are 12 modes of operation for IUU Fishing in Indonesia including:

1. Forgery of ship registration documents;
2. Double flagging & double registered;
3. Catching fish without shipping permits/documents (SLO and SPB);
4. Illegal ship modification (mark down, change call sign, engine);
5. Using foreign skippers and crew;
6. Not activating ship monitoring transmitters (VMS and AIS);
7. Illegal Transshipment;
8. Forgery of logbook data;
9. Violation of fishing lanes;
10. Use of prohibited fishing gear;
11. Not having/partnering with a Fish Processing Unit;
12. Do not land fish at the port specified in the permit.

Anev activities also reveal the fact that illegal fishing activities are also followed by various types of other crimes such as trafficking in persons, slavery, evasion of tax payments, corruption, money laundering, illegal fuel transactions, and smuggling of goods and people.

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