Jakarta, 03.09.2011 (Kominfo-Newsroom) The Government of Indonesia and Australia have agreed to control illegal fishing (illegal fishing), through increased cooperation and coordination on the sea border patrol surveillance.
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fadel Muhammad said illegal fishing is a threat to the preservation of marine resources. Cooperation between Indonesia and Australia are believed to reduce the number of illegal fishing in both countries. "In dealing with fishermen crossing borders both countries, Australia proposed to be made of cooperation documents between the representatives of Indonesia in Australia and Australian institutions in the process of fishing laws in Australia," said Fadel Mohammed when receiving the visit of the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Minister Joe Ludwig on Wednesday (9 / 3).
The document is in line with the Consular Notification and Assistance which has been signed by Indonesia and Australia in 2010. However, Fadel asked that 236 fishermen who still retained the Australian Government to immediately returned.
In research collaboration, the two countries agreed to continue the cooperation which focuses on research on fish stocks and Their Interaction with fisheries aggregation devices, and purse-seiners on the sustainability of tuna stocks in Indian Ocean and enhance institutional capacity building through joint research in the field of stock assessment and sardine fishery management case studies, lobster and red snapper in Indonesia, and bioeconomic modeling and risk managementIn an effort to provide protection of the marine environment and biodiversity conservation, both countries agreed to form a new sub-working group to identify priority issues in order to avoid overlapping discussions of issues that have been there before in the Working Group on Marine Affairs and Fisheries (WGMAF). In addition, including marine environmental issues more broadly, namely marine debris issues, oil spills and marine pollution.
Both countries have also been implementing several collaborative activities, including joint research with Comonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia-Indonesia coordinated patrols Surveillance Forum (IASF), the Campaign for Public Information, Training and development program in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries with AUSAID. Even Australia is providing assistance to Indonesia in preparing facilities Coordination Mechanism and the Secretariat of the Regional Financial Resources CTI-CFF can run well.
Indonesia Australia is one of assessing the market potential of marine and fishery products. This, linked from the trade balance in 2008-2010 continues to increase. Indonesian fishery product exports to Australia in 2009 amounted to U.S. $ 39.311 million, an increase compared to 2008 amounting to U.S. $ 29.743 million. While the Indonesian fishery exports to Australia in 2010 until November had reached U.S. $ 31.33 million. Exported commodities include shrimp, tuna, skipjack, tuna, pearls and seaweed. (T.Bhr / Dry)
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