JAKARTA - Indonesia and 10 Southeast Asian countries synergize to fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing through strengthening regional cooperation to protect marine ecosystem fisheries and sustainability resources.
Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Supervision (PSDKP) Pung Nugroho Saksono or often called Ipunk said the strengthening of this cooperation involved 11 Regional Plan of Action to Promote Respondible Fishing Practice including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region (RPOA IUU).
"RPOA is a regional forum consisting of 11 countries, of which countries in the region form a joint commitment to prevent and tackle IUU fishing to manage sustainable marine and fisheries resources," said Ipunk in his official statement, quoted Friday, December 20.
RPOA-IUU member countries include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. Indonesia has a strategic role in the RPOA-IUU, namely as the RPOA-IUU Secretariat.
The strengthening of cooperation this time was realized through the Sharing Mechanism Working Group Data between RPOA-IUU member countries.
Previously, RPOA-IUU with the support of USAID SuFiA TS held the first meeting of the Data Sharing Mechanism Working Group at the end of last November.
A meeting to build a more structured and effective data-sharing mechanism between member countries for the eradication of the IUUF.
Discussions at the first meeting of the Data Sharing Mechanism Working Group included the data type to be shared, data sharing protocols and the preparation of the timeline for Data Sharing Mechanism Roadmap.
From the discussion, it was agreed that the six main types of data to be shared, namely protected/regulated species of data, regulatory information, market management plans and targets, list of IUU ships, movement of ships that cross national borders, ship details and licensing information and IUU fishing incidents.
"This is specifically designed to overcome the various challenges faced in regional areas," said Vice Executive Director of RPOA-IUU Secretariat Eko Rudianto.
Through data sharing mechanisms and cross-border cooperation, the RPOA-IUU is also expected to continue to be a strategic platform to promote blue economy policies.
This joint commitment is to create fisheries areas that are free from the threat of IUU Fishing and support sustainable development in regional areas.
Indonesia itself in the eradication of IUU Fishing has a number of significant achievements, including the launch of two surveillance vessels Barakuda 01 and Barakuda 02, the implementation of Vessel Traffic Control and the implementation of the National Fish Research and Logistics System (STELINa).
In terms of law enforcement, Indonesia highlighted its success in dealing with transnational cases, such as MV. Run Zeng 03.
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