KKP Capture 1,149 Fishing Vessels, Potential Loss Reaches IDR 16 Trillion

Minister of KP Sakti Wahyu Trenggono (photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) reports that it has taken action against 1,149 illegal fishing boats for fishing thieves operating in Indonesian waters. Of the total, the potential loss that was saved reached Rp. 16 trillion.

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono said the figure was an accumulation of prosecution from 2020 to 2025.

"We convey that in the period 2020 to 2025, 1,149 vessels have been arrested, this is an illegal ship," Trenggono said in a Working Meeting with Commission IV of the DPR, Wednesday, November 5.

Not only taking action against illegal ships, Trenggono said his ministry had also taken action against illegal households. It was recorded that 104 illegal FAMPs were prosecuted by the KKP in the same period.

Furthermore, Trenggono said that state losses are estimated at IDR 16 trillion from these illegal activities.

"The potential loss is approximately around Rp. 16 trillion and this continues," he said.

Trenggono said the waters in the border zone were also continuously monitored. Especially in the border zones of the Malacca Strait, Natuna Sea, and the border with the Philippines.

Then the border with Papua New Guinea and so on, Trenggono.