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January 10, 2025 | 07:02 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries sealed an illegal sea fence in the waters of Tangerang Regency, Banten. The unauthorized sea fence had been in place since 2023 until it was finally sealed by ministry officers on Thursday, January 9, 2025.
The sea fence made of bamboo slats stretched for more than 30 kilometers. The fence crosses the coastal areas of 16 villages in six sub-districts in Tangerang Regency.
“We are halting the fencing activities while resuming the investigation to search for the responsible parties,” said the director general of Marine Resource and Fisheries Surveillance Pung Nugroho Saksono, or Ipung, on Thursday.
Ipung said the sea fencing was illegal based on the lack of suitability of the marine space use (KKPRL) permit.
The fence is located in the Capture Fisheries Zone and Energy Management Zone regulated by the Banten Provincial DKP Spatial Plan Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2023.
The sea fence, Ipung said, also breached the provision under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), as it risks harms for fishers and the coastal ecosystems.
Ipung said joint personnel of Marine Special Police from KKP and the Banten Marine and Fisheries Agency had investigated the illegal sea fence last year and found the 30.16 kilometers of sea fence, which equal to about half of the length of Tangeranf Regency’s coastline.
Tempo notes that local fishers have been complaining about the sea fences since 2023. A team from the Banten Provincial Marine and Fisheries Agency had also inspected the activity directly on the ground, but the sea fence only grew in length. Irsyan Hasyim contributed to the writing of this article.
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