JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Pemerintah tidak akan menoleransi izin penangkapan yang berpotensi menimbulkan praktik pencurian ikan di wilayah perairan Indonesia. Sekretaris Direktorat Jenderal Perikanan Tangkap Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Abdur Rauf Sam menegaskan hal itu di Jakarta, Senin (24/11). Penegasan itu menanggapi rencana Pemerintah Taiwan menegosiasikan larangan kapal Taiwan menangkap ikan di perairan RI. Rauf menambahkan, kapal
Read moreA total of 22 Taiwanese fishing boats and their crew have been seized in the waters between Taiwan and the Philippines where the exclusive economic zones of the two countries overlap in the past decade, reports our sister paper China Times. Over the same period, nine vessels have been detained for fishing illegally in
Read moreTaiwan imposed sanctions against the Philippines on Wednesday, rejecting as unacceptable a Philippine apology for the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week. The row is the latest flare-up in tension in Asian seas where disputes in various places between various countries have raised fears of conflict in the economically vibrant region where
Read moreLawless Somalia may not be pulling enough weight behind global efforts to curb maritime piracy. Two decades after the fall of its last dictator Siad Berre, it has exported remnants of its strife to the world in the form of modern piracy. Its youth have gone astray with job opportunities drying up and famine
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