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BPK Finds Significant Problems In Illegal Fishing Control

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Jakarta, Thursday (1 April 2021) – The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) has found significant problems related to effectiveness of illegal fishing control,

that deserve attention from Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs. Problems that should be addressed immediately include:

  1. aspect of policy and regulation formulation for illegal fishing control, in which there are no regulations and basic policies for determining BBL quota (Puerulus) available, as set out in Regulation of Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs Number 12/PERMEN-KP/2020;
  2. aspect of utilization of data and information on illegal fishing, in which information technology owned by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs has not been able to monitor the illegal fishing at all Fisheries Management Territory of the Republic of Indonesia (WPPNRI);
  3. aspect of planning and cooperation implementation of illegal fishing control, in which cooperation in controlling illegal fishing between the Ministry and relevant stakeholders has not been carried out comprehensively.

These problems were delivered by BPK Board Member IV, Isma Yatun, when handed Performance Audit Report on Effectiveness of Illegal Fishing Control Year 2017 to the First Semester I of 2020 to the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, today (1/4). The audit is carried out based on Law Number 15 Year 2004 concerning the Audit on Management and Accountability of the State Finance and Law Number 15 Year 2006 concerning the BPK.

“These weaknesses, if not immediately addressed, can affect the effectiveness of the government in controlling illegal fishing. This, in turn, will cause the target of monitoring of fisheries and marine resources in Indonesia is failed to achieve,” Isma Yatun explained.

However, BPK also notes some efforts and achievements made by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs in controlling illegal fishing, that the Ministry: (i) already has compliance standards for facilities and infrastructure; (ii) has carried out termination, inspection, and detention of illegal fishing vessels according to the applicable procedures; and (iii) and has determined rules governing uniformity of procedures, implementation, and administration of investigation as well as a target time for the investigation completion.

Law Number 17 Year 2007 concerning the Long-Term National Development Plan (RPJPN) of 2005-2025 has defined one of missions related to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, namely “Realizing an Indonesia as an Archipelago Nation that is Self-Reliant, Advanced, Strong, and that is based on National Interests”. The embodiment of the 2005-2025 RPJPN is in the form of Medium-Term National Development (RPJMN) of 2020-2024 which includes agendas for development related to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, such as “Strengthening Economic Resilience for Quality and Equal Growth” through the management of fisheries and marine resources as one of the economic resources, as well as increasing added value of agro-fishery industry, with the issue being faced is related to WPPNRI institution and the Zoning Plan for National Strategic Areas/Specific National Strategic Areas.

One of the strategies initiated to improve the management of fisheries and marine resources focuses on strengthening the monitoring of natural resources and environment, including improving the scope of monitoring of eradicating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated fishing (IUU Fishing). This is in fact one of the government’s commitment to support the achievement of SDGs 14 of Maintaining Marine Ecosystems, namely conserving and sustainably using the oceans and marine resources for sustainable development.

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