Indonesia sinks 106 foreign boats
In her first year of leadership, Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister (KKP) Susi Pudjiastuti has ordered the sinking of 106 foreign boats that were fishing illegally in Indonesian waters. Minister...
View ArticleMinister of Finance: PNBP of Fisheries Must be Improved (Ministry of Finance...
(Source: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia) Jakarta, 22/12/2015 MoF - As potential sector, marine and fisheries should be encouraged to be a major contributor of government revenue. One...
View ArticleIndonesia and US join forces to combat illegal fishing, protect reefs
A new strategic partnership to improve marine law enforcement and conservation in Indonesia should build on existing progress...
View ArticleIndonesia, Australia agree on fisheries cooperation
In line with its plan to synchronize maritime law enforcement policies with its neighbors Indonesia has secured the support of Australia to protect the country from incursions by foreign fishermen who...
View ArticleSecretary Kerry Announces USAID's Oceans and Fisheries Partnership to Promote...
(Source: USAID - US Agency for International Development) KUALA LUMPUR - Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the U.S. Agency for International Development's Oceans and Fisheries Partnership...
View ArticleCefas wins 4 year deal in Kuwait (DEFRA - UK Department for the Environment,...
(Source: DEFRA - UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Kuwait's marine environment is central to a multi-million pound agreement signed today by the Kuwait Environment Public...
View ArticleWrap-up workshop on Illegal Fishing and Marine Resources Management opens...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Mauritius) GIS - 19 November, 2015: A two-day wrap-up workshop for the project 'Combatting Illegal Fishing, Marine Resources Management and Strengthening Quality...
View ArticleRI, Norway strengthen fisheries and maritime cooperation
Indonesia and Norway have agreed to boost cooperation in fisheries and maritime security during a recent bilateral meeting in Norway. The agreement was reached earlier this week after Indonesian...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Susi Pudjiastuti Recognized as a Champion for the Oceans (WWF -...
(Source: WWF - World Wildlife Fund USA) WWF today presented Susi Pudjiastuti, the Republic of Indonesia's Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, its prestigious Leaders for a Living Planet Award....
View ArticleGeneral Assembly, Stressing Importance of Healthy Oceans, Seas for Both...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) Action Deferred on Draft Text Addressing Ocean, Law of Sea With more than two dozen speakers and the heads of two of the world's ocean and sea authorities...
View ArticleRI-Philippine cooperation in fighting illegal fishing
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries under the leadership of Susi Pudjiastuti has made the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and fisheries crimes a top priority....
View ArticleUpdates on Commitments Made at Our Ocean 2014 (US Department of State)
(Source: US Department of State) Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 5, 2015 The inaugural Our Ocean conference in June 2014 generated ground-breaking commitments among...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: President Obama to Continue Global Leadership in Combatting...
(Source: Office of Science and Technology Policy) Today, President Obama will designate the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, protecting fragile deep-sea ecosystems off the coast of...
View ArticleGlobal Aquaculture And Fisheries Market
NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Aquaculture and Fisheries in Thousand Tons by the following Product Segments: Aquaculture, and Fisheries....
View ArticleSustainable Fisheries Discussion at Southeast Asia and Pacific Re-gional...
(Source: CTI-CFF - Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security) The CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat recently attended the South-East Asia and Pacific Regional Fisheries Summit...
View ArticleDriving Change on the Front Lines of Indonesia’s Tuna Fisheries (ISSF -...
(Source: ISSF - International Seafood Sustainability Foundation) Driving Change on the Front Lines of Indonesia's Tuna Fisheries Posted by Claire van der Geest April 1, 2015 I recently embarked on an...
View ArticleQ&A: Is Indonesia finally confronting China over Natuna?
Poachers can no longer lurk safely in Indonesian waters. The long abandoned war against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been reinstated, fought battle by battle by President Joko...
View ArticleWMO/Oman International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (WMO - World...
(Source: WMO - World Meteorological Organization) WMO boosts collaboration with International Centre for Theoretical Physics Posted 8 October 2014 WMO and the Abdus Salam International Centre for...
View ArticleCoral Triangle Initiatives’ National Coordinating Committee (NCC) meets over...
(Source: CTI-CFF - Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security) A 2-day Consultative Meeting in Bali between RS CTI-CFF, NCCs Member States and Development Partner Following...
View ArticleAlmost two years after the government launched an unprecedented and...
by Rendi A. Witular Dozens of locally made fishing vessels weighing more than 30 gross tons (GT) are docked idly at a port operated by fishing company PT Bintang Mandiri Bersaudara in North Sulawesi’s...
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