Batam – The government's plan to withdraw a fuel subsidy from fishermen next year is facing opposition from fishermen in Batam, Riau Islands, who argue that the policy would significant

Jemima Garrett – A penchant for dynamiting illegal fishing vessels has made flamboyant Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti Indonesia's most popular, and restored tens of thousands of jo

Hans Nicholas Jong – The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has issued a ministerial regulation to protect and uphold human rights in the fisheries industry, making it a requiremen

Jakarta – In a move likely to be welcomed by big fishing companies, Indonesia has lifted its ban on foreign vessels being operated by local entities, even as audits found that 80 percent of those s

Jakarta – A mafia rules the country's fisheries sector, making it difficult to curb illegal fishing, says the Indonesian Traditional Fishermen Union (KNTI).

Batang/Rembang, Central Java – Protests by fishermen against Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti's new ban on the use of some fishing equipment continued in Central Java over t

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Fishermen across a number of Indonesia's regions have staged a wave of protests over the past few days against the fisheries minister's new set of regulations im

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – A meeting held between the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has shed light on potential graft that may ham

Suherdjoko, Demak, Central Java – Fishermen in Demak, Central Java warmly welcomed the government's move to intercept and sink illegal fishing vessels, but have voiced their complaints

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – Criticized for netting only the small fry in its struggle against illegal fishing, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has claimed that the vast maritime territory and

Ezra Sihite & Nuriy Azizah Susetyo, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo is questioning the commitment of his staff to protect Indonesia's maritime resources, ordering officials to be mo

Bagus BT Saragih, Tarempa, Riau Islands – As the Indonesian Navy blew up three Vietnamese boats for illegally fishing in Indonesian waters on Friday, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Mini

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said on Thursday that on Saturday they would sink three foreign vessels fishing

Nuriy Azizah Susetyo, Jakarta – Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti's crusade against poaching by foreign fishing boats in Indonesian waters has turned on a nomadic sea tribe that has p

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – Responding to rampant illegal fishing in the country's oceans, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed law enforcers to take stern actions against fore

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has successfully encouraged neighboring countries in Southeast Asia to help deal with illegal fishing in the region, a minister has said.

Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, Jakarta – Indonesia will launch a new coastguard next month to crack down on piracy and smuggling which can disrupt commerce in Southeast Asia's biggest

Jakarta – Newly elected Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said on Friday that losses from rampant fish theft in Indonesian waters were estimated to be in the tril

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – As an archipelagic nation with about 55,000 kilometers of coastline, the country should not be importing salt, industry officials said on Sunday.

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Fadli, Batam – A lot of folks' favorite fish, such as the selar and tongkol, are getting harder to find in Batam as hundreds of fishing boats that usually bring them in have curbed oper

Nana Rukmana, Indramayu – Fishermen on West Java's north coast have complained that their operating costs since the increase in fuel prices have become unbearable, and said they hoped t

Nick Gentle, Banda Aceh – Darmin's first catch since the tsunami is a good one.

Jakarta – The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has focused its efforts on sea supervision and the issuance of permits in an effort to stop illegal fishing during the first 100

Jakarta – The martial law administrator in Aceh has decided to close off Aceh waters to foreign ships, but has failed to communicate the move to the public.

Agus Maryono, Purwokerto – Thousands of fishermen from Central Java canceled their plan to storm Jakarta on Wednesday in protest over the newly decreed fishing taxes, after Minister of

Haryoso, Semarang – The Central Java high seas are rich in marine resources; most notably fish but, ironically, loan sharks, who prey on local fisherfolk by throwing them into the jaws

Han Jei, Moluccan archipelago, Indonesia – "Blast" and poison fishing and the growing use of dragnets are threatening traditionally abundant fisheries in Indonesia's Moluccas islands.