An official has warned that Indonesia`s marine wealth might disappear in the next five years if the country is not committed to stopping poaching mostly carried out by neighboring countries' fishermen.
The largest number of poachers in Indonesia's waters were from Vietnam, followed by Thailand, China and Malaysia, Aji Sularso, director general of marine resources and fisheries supervision and control, said when when speaking at the Coordinating Forum on the handling of Fishery crimes, organized by the West Kalimantan authorities in Pontianak, on August 21, 2009.
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Last year, the ministry detained 246 foreign fishing boats, and from January to July 2009, some 80 foreign fishing boats from Vietnam, Thailand, China and Malaysia were captured for poaching in Indonesian waters.
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West Kalimantan authorities have jailed a total of 1,762 foreign fishermen and seized 148 foreign fishing boats for poaching in Indonesian waters from 2001 up to July 2009. "The income rate of West Kalimantan's fishermen has fallen over the past ten years (due to illegal fishing by foreign fishermen)," Syakirman, secretary of the West Kalimantan administration, said in Pontianak recently.
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Indonesia has offered Vietnam cooperation in fishing. Vietnam fishing vessels will be allowed to operate in Indonesian water as long as they carry Indonesian flag and sell fish to Indonesia's market.
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