Director General of Marine Spatial Management at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Victor Gustaav Manoppo said that by the first half of this year, the expansion of marine conservation was up to 1.46 million hectares. This means that the conservation area has been expanded to 73 p...

Date: June 9, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Iriana Jokowi released hatchlings with students and the community at Patuno Resort, Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Thursday (9/6/2022). President Joko Widodo reminded the public to work to preserve the coral reefs in Wak...

Source: ANTARADate: April 13, 2022 Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - The Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Pramaditya Wicaksono has developed remote sensing data processing technology for accurate, effective and efficient seagrass beds. As quoted in a press statement r...

Source: ANTARADate: November 8, 2021.  Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Traditional Fishers Association (KNTI) has encouraged to expedite and expand policies pertaining to the restoration of mangrove ecosystems or forests in regions. "The KNTI itself has long pushed for the restoration of mang...

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: October 18, 2021. Both at home and abroad, plastic waste is a mounting problem that is not going to disappear on its own. The United Nations estimates that 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean worldwide each year, with Indonesia contributing upward of 600,...

Source: New Straits TimesDate: September 20, 2021 THE INDONESIAN government hopes to groom 1,000 new entrepreneurs in the fisheries sector three years from now. This was revealed by Marine and Fisheries Product Competitiveness director general Artati Widiarti, according to the Antara news agency. Th...

Source: ANTARADate: September 14, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian fishers should be masters in their own country and enjoy an improved standard of living and economic prosperity, Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko has stressed. Moeldoko made the remarks while overseeing the signing of a m...

Source: ANTARADate: August 23, 2021  Jakarta (ANTARA) - Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has said that the implementation of the measured fishing policy prepared by his administration could ensure a balance between the ecological and economic aspects of fishing. "The ...

Source: MongabayDate: August 4, 2021 Indonesia is evaluating the health of its marine fisheries in 11 fishing zones around the country. The assessment is expected to help policymakers create a more sustainable and better-planned marine capture fisheries model to be applied across the country's fishi...