Tag: Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti

Indonesia to sink scores of boats in fishing fight

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia will sink up to 71 impounded foreign boats this month on its Independence Day, a minister said Monday, ramping up a campaign to deter illegal fishing in its vast waters. The world’s biggest archipelago nation has been seeking to stop foreign vessels fishing without permission in its territory, with President Joko Widodo claiming it costs the economy billions of dollars annually. So far 176 foreign boats captured fishing illegally have […]