Bali Provincial Government Ensures No Sea Area Has HGB

Photo Archives - Head of the Bali Province Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Service Putu Sumardiana, in Denpasar, Bali, Friday (19/1/2024). ANTARA/Dewa Ketut Sudiarta Wiguna

DENPASAR - The Provincial Government (Pemprov) of Bali ensures that there are no coastal and sea areas on the Island of the Gods that have a Building Use Rights (HGB) certificate, following the case in several areas in the country.

"Nothing until now. No one has ever suggested (the sea is HGB, ed) let alone not have the right and authority to issue HGB," said Head of the Bali Provincial Marine and Fisheries Service Putu Sumardiana as reported by ANTARA, Friday, January 24.

According to him, the sea area should not have an HGB certificate, because it is an territorial waters.

Meanwhile, based on Law Number 23 of 2014, the provincial government has the authority to manage the sea no later than 12 nautical miles measured from the coastline or 0-12 miles.

If there is a proposal for sea space utilization activities, for example for cultivation of fish, conservation, and tourism, then his party will check or verify the field with permits issued by the central government or the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.

"Laut should not be fenced. The building rights are issued by ATR/BPN. If we don't have that authority," he said again.

Previously, the findings of the sea fence in the waters of Tangerang, Banten Province, were 30.16 kilometers long.

It turned out that the sea fence was one of the keys that revealed that the territorial waters had pocketed HGB in the names of several companies or private parties.

Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning (ATR)/Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) Nusron Wahid said that his party had found the issuance of 266 HGB certificates and certificates of ownership (HM) of marine fences in the north coastal area of Tangerang Regency, Banten which was issued in the 2022-2023 range.

In addition to Tangerang, three HGB certificates that are above sea with an area of 656 hectares were also found in Sidoarjo, East Java which have been issued since 1996 and will end in 2026.