TNI AL Ternate Forms Task Force To Prevent Illegal Fish Theft In North Maluku

Illustration of fish theft in North Maluku Waters (ANTARA)

TERNATE - Indonesian Navy Base Soldiers Ternate, North Maluku (Malut) formed a Task Force team to eradicate illegal fishing theft cases. The task force also asked the public for help in informing the illegal fishing theft. Ternate Commander of the TNI-AL Base (Danlanal) Lieutenant Colonel Mar Ridwan Aziz emphasized that he would take firm action against fishing thieves who have recently been rampant and disturbed the local coastal and water areas. "We will form a team to handle directly," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, March 14. Ridwan asked the public to help inform by taking photos and sending them to officers if they found any illegal fishing activities in North Maluku waters by listing clear addresses. "If there are such things please inform us. Give clear information so that we can quickly take action and control of them into the waters," he said. To improve the security of the waters of illegal fishing, he said, the TNI-AL will build Lanal Sanana as well as improve her status from Pos Sanana to Lanal type D. Pos Sanana will be upgraded to Lanal type D and will be led by major-ranking officers to provide security in the waters of Sanana under the control of Lantamal XIV TNI-AL Sorong and will later be inaugurated Kasal TNI-AL. According to him, in the North region there have been two Lanal Ternate and Lanal Morotai Island and in 2023 there will be an additional Lanal Sanana type D whose region includes the waters of Sula Islands Regency and Talibu Island.

Meanwhile, for Naval Posts (Posal) it has been built on Mayau Island, Gebe Island, Tobelo, Bacan Island and Gebe Island. Therefore, said Ashari, his party will strengthen all personnel to hone their ability to maintain territoriality.