One Philippine Flagd Ship Arrested At WPPNRI 716 By KKP

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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has arrested an illegal foreign fishing vessel (KIA) with the Philippine flag in the Government Fisheries Management Area of the Republic of Indonesia (WPPNRI) 716 Sulawesi Sea.

Acting Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Supervision (PSDKP), KKP Pung Nugroho Saksono in Jakarta, Thursday explained that the soft boat type ship with the initials FB. LB. JM A-2 was secured during illegal arrests.

"When the inspection was carried out, the foreign ship did not have a single permit document to carry out fishing activities from the Indonesian government. Furthermore, the ship was escorted to the Bitung PSDKP Base," said Ipunk as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 29.

Ipunk said the KIA manned by the captain and two crew members (ABK) who are also Filipinos is a ship in the operation unit of a fishing boat with a fishing gear with the main part being a net. However, when they were arrested, no fishing vessels or reservoirs were found.

They (KIA Philippines) prefer to use clumps as attractors or binders for fish that have positive phototactic properties. Thus, illegal Philippine ships can catch large numbers of fish," he said.

FB. LB. JM A-2 is suspected of committing a fishery violation in the form of conducting fisheries activities in the Indonesia State Fisheries Management Area (WPPNRI) 716 without a valid permit from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and violating Article 92 in conjunction with Article 26 paragraph (1) of Law Number 31 of 2004 concerning Fisheries as amended by Law Number 6 of 2023 concerning Stipulation of Government in Lieu of Law Number 2 of 2022 concerning Job Creation into Law.

With this arrest, the Orca 04 Supervisory Ship (KP) managed to add a record of arrests, recorded from 2016 to 2023, managed to capture 11 KIA and 13 KII (Indonesian Fish Vessel).