Minister Of KKP: Urges The Community To Immediately Revoke The Tangerang Sea Fence

JAKARTA - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia Sakti Wahyu Trenggono was present at the Tangerang sea fence, the second action, Wednesday, January 22, 2025. His presence was a form of attention from the KKP at the public's urging regarding the Tangerang sea fence.

On that occasion, Sakti also conveyed the development of supervision that had been carried out by the KKP together with the relevant ministries, institutions and agencies.

"So today we have decided that we have been looking for it, actually the KKP once immediately sealed it, has 20 days to then find out who actually did the fencing", said Sakti, in Tanjung Pasir, the location for the Tangerang sea fence revocation.

Sakti revealed that so far there has been great pressure from the community, especially fishermen who complained about the Tangerang sea fence for limiting their space for movement.

"But because it has been a pressure from the Community, fishermen, they also have to go to sea immediately. So we agree together here, all of them are here. So that legally it is true, so then starting today, it started a few days ago by the Navy Unit, but today together attended by all those who have an interest in the marine area here, both of them began to demolish this sea fence. "he explained.

Joint officers consisting of members of the Indonesian Navy (AL), the Maritime Security Agency to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP), as well as fishermen began dismantling the Pagar in Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang Regency.

Monitoring at the location, at 10.16 WIB, officers were seen until fishermen began to pull out the fence made of bamboo.

The officers were seen tying the rope from the ship to bamboo to be pulled by ship to be released.

The Commander of the Indonesian Navy Main Base (Danlantamal) III Jakarta Brigadier General TNI (Mar) Harry Indarto said that today's number of personnel was three times more compared to the demolition officer on Saturday, January 18, then.

Therefore, he said that for today, his party is targeting the fence to be lifted to reach 5 kilometers (Km).

"We (personnel) are 3 times more than yesterday's implementation. So yesterday it was 2.5 kilometers, today it started from noon. If it starts in a total of 3 times, at least 5 kilometers we can dismantle it," Harry told reporters in Tanjung Pasir, Tangerang Regency, Wednesday, January 22.

He also said that during the demolition process, officers were still using the same method, namely by pulling bamboo with a rope.