USA and Indo fight IUU fishing
A new strategic partnership to improve marine law enforcement and combat illegal fishing in Indonesia builds on existing progress.
Indonesia and US join forces to police the seas
President Joko Widodo’s plan to establish Indonesia as a ‘global maritime axis’ took a step forward last week as US ambassador Robert Blake announced apartnership programme to help improve marine law enforcement and sustainable fisheries management in the world’s largest archipelagic nation.
According to the World Bank, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF) costs an estimated $20 billion in lost revenue annually. Around a quarter of these losses occur in Indonesia, whose fishing industry is second only to China in size.
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Source: theguardian.com
