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Fishing & Maritime Affairs

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March 13, 2025

Tempo - March 13, 2025

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – Fishers in the coastal city of Batam lodged a complaint against the Ocarina reclamation project, which damaged the sea where they hinged their livelihood.

March 7, 2025

Mongabay - March 7, 2025

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A freeze on foreign aid funding from U.S.

March 4, 2025

Tempo - March 4, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) stated that the investigation into the case of the Tangerang sea fence in Banten has bee

March 3, 2025

Mongabay - March 3, 2025

Irfan Maulana, M Ambari, Jakarta/Tangerang, Indonesia – Joy was mending his nets when a reporter from Mongabay Indonesia visited him last October in the fishing village of Ketapa

Tempo - March 3, 2025

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) Rear Admiral Irvansyah said that the agency's budget has long been far from ideal for carrying out m

February 28, 2025

Jakarta Globe - February 28, 2025

Yustinus Paat, Antara, Jakarta – Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Wahyu Sakti Trenggono said Kohod Village Chief Arsin must pay a Rp 48 billion ($3 million) fine for constructing

February 26, 2025

Tempo - February 26, 2025

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto assigned Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) to construct a Giant S

February 20, 2025

Mongabay - February 20, 2025

M Ambari, Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta/Batam, Indonesia – Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption of a

February 19, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 19, 2025

Jakarta – Farmers grouped under the banner of KUB Simbar Segara in Pemogan village, South Denpasar, Bali, cooperated with PT Pertamina Training and Consulting (PTC) and PT Arunika Bumi

February 18, 2025

Jakarta Globe - February 18, 2025

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – A village head in Tangerang Regency, along with his secretary and two other individuals, has been named a suspect in the ongoing investigation into the constru

Tempo - February 18, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – The presence of sea fences in Tangerang and Bekasi waters have stirred public interest recently, as the two sea fences were erected without proper permi

February 17, 2025

Mongabay - February 17, 2025

Yogi Eka Sahputra, Batam, Indonesia – Stress levels among the population of Batam reportedly spiked in January after extreme rainfall over a saltwater crocodile farm allowed more than 1

Jakarta Post - February 17, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy has finished taking down a controversial sea fence off the coast of Tangerang, Banten, after more than three weeks of work.

February 14, 2025

CNN Indonesia - February 14, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has highlighted the culture of land ownership in Asia which has changed significantly and fundamentally in the last 70 years.

Tempo - February 14, 2025

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of Indonesian National Police (Polri) is investigating a report from the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatia

February 12, 2025

Tempo - February 12, 2025

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – Professor at the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science at IPB University, Yonvitner, has raised several points regarding President Prabowo Subianto's plan to

Jakarta Post - February 12, 2025

Jakarta – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has launched an investigation into a mass mortality event that affected thousands of fish at floating fish farms at the Jatiluhur D

February 11, 2025

Mongabay - February 11, 2025

Tonggo Simangunsong, Tanjung Leidong, Indonesia – At around 5:30 a.m., after the tide starts to recede, Zulkifli Dalimunthe rushes to the shore a stone's throw from his house, where he

February 10, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 10, 2025

Jakarta – A government minister has dismissed speculation as to possible links between dubious land documents and a fire that broke out at the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry/Nat

February 6, 2025

Tempo - February 6, 2025

Ayu Cipta, Tangerang – Several residents of Kohod village, Pakuhaji district, Tangerang regency, Banten, suspected that their village head, Arsin bin Asip, had deceived the public by cl

February 5, 2025

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman's Banten office estimates that fishermen suffered at least Rp 24 billion (US$1.4 million) in income losses after their access to the sea was hindered

February 2, 2025

Tempo - February 2, 2025

Ananda Ridho Sulistya, Jakarta – Geospatial Expert from Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) spoke about the polemic of the illegal sea fence in Tangerang.

February 1, 2025

Tempo - February 1, 2025

Sapto Yunus, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto has stated that his ministry will investigate allegations that Kohod village chief Arsin bin Asip was involved

January 31, 2025

CNN Indonesia - January 31, 2025

Jakarta – Dozens of people calling themselves the Sidoarjo Youth Movement (GPS) held a protest action at the Sidoarjo National Land Agency (BPN) offices on Thursday January 30 to highli

January 30, 2025

January 28, 2025

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Khumar Mahendra, Jakarta – The owner of the sea fence in Tangerang, Banten is no longer a mystery.

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian ocean, which stretches as one of the largest maritime riches in the world, is now considered to be facing serious problems with the emergence of

Tempo - January 28, 2025

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) is still continuing to dismantle the sea fence in the waters of Tangerang, Banten.

January 25, 2025

Tempo - January 25, 2025

M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The head of the Defense Ministry's Information Office, Brig. Gen.

January 24, 2025

Tempo - January 24, 2025

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received a report regarding allegations of corruption in the issuance of the right to build certificate (HGB) a

Indonesia at Melbourne - January 24, 2025

Dwiyanti Kusumaningrum – A bizarre 6.5-km bamboo fence that has appeared in waters off the coast of Tangerang, Banten, has made national headlines across Indonesia in the last few weeks

CNN Indonesia - January 24, 2025

Jakarta – It has been revealed that a number of sea areas in Indonesia are recorded has having right to build (HGB) permits and land ownership certificates (SHM) after the polemic over

January 23, 2025

Tempo - January 23, 2025

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Police observer from the Institute for Security and Strategic Studies (ISESS) Bambang Rukminto said that demolition alone is not enough to resolve the 30.16-ki

Tempo - January 23, 2025

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Mahfud Md said it was not difficult to enforce the law regarding the right to build certificate (HGB) and land ownership certificate

Tempo - January 23, 2025

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Wahyu Sakti Trenggono admitted that his KKP ministry was caught off guard by the discovery of the illegal sea fen

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 23, 2025

Jakarta – The sprawling sea fence of unexplained origin in Tangerang, Banten, that has impeded fisherfolk's access to the sea has sparked a fierce debate about the issue of unlicensed l

Jakarta Globe - January 23, 2025

Wawan Kurniawan, Ilham Oktafian, Stefani Wijaya, Tangerang – The Indonesian Navy, supported by local fishermen, continued dismantling offshore bamboo barriers near Tangerang Regency on

January 22, 2025

Tempo - January 22, 2025

Hanin Marwah, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ombudsman Chair, Mokhammad Najih, has revealed that fishermen in Tangerang Regency have suffered losses amounting to approximately Rp9 billion due

The Conversation - January 22, 2025

Bioantika and Hernandi Albeto Octaviano – Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation.

January 20, 2025

Tempo - January 20, 2025

Adil Al Hasan, Agung Sedayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) believes that there has been a potential violation of the law related to the issuance of land rig

January 18, 2025

Jakarta Globe - January 18, 2025

Juan Ardya Guardiola, Tangerang – The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) deployed 600 personnel on Saturday to dismantle bamboo barriers spanning 30 kilometers in the waters off Tanjung Pasir, Ta

January 17, 2025

Jakarta Post Editorial - January 17, 2025

Jakarta – The mysterious appearance of a makeshift bamboo fence spanning 30 kilometers in the coastal waters off Tangerang, Banten, has increasingly raised eyebrows since the beginning

January 15, 2025

Jakarta Globe - January 15, 2025

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the immediate removal of bamboo barriers illegally installed along 30 kilometers off the coasts of Tangerang Regency, Ban

January 13, 2025

Asia News - January 13, 2025

Mathias Hariyadi, Jakarta – The discovery of a mysterious 30.16-kilometre-long bamboo fence in the Java Sea, north of Tangerang, has left Indonesians disconcerted.

January 11, 2025

Agence France-Presse - January 11, 2025

Bogor, West Java – Japan will give Indonesia two high-speed patrol boats, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday, as Tokyo seeks to boost regional maritime security cooperation in

January 2, 2025

Tempo - January 2, 2025

Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto opened the option of sinking ships smuggling textile commodities from abroad.

December 10, 2024

Mongabay - December 10, 2024

Yudha Almerio, Balikpapan, Indonesia – Abdul Kadir looked out to sea as a gathering of storm clouds darkened the outlook for the day's fishing in Balikpapan Bay.

November 25, 2024

November 6, 2024

Mongabay - November 6, 2024

M Ambari, Jakarta, Indonesia – Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, who will remain as Indonesia's fisheries minister in the administration of new President Prabowo Subianto, has unveiled an ambitiou

November 2, 2024