Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its waters is paying off for domestic fisheries and fish recovery, according to a new study. But for Indonesia to continue to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. International law requires coastal states like Indonesia to promptly release foreign fishing vessels and crews caught for alleged illegal fishing ...

Western and Asian governments and commentators have pilloried the Chinese government for its inscrutability on the so-called ‘nine-dash line’ in the South China Sea. Because the nine-dash line ...

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NEW YORK: This week, at the United Nation's Ocean Conference, the Republic of Indonesia becomes the first nation ever to publish Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data revealing the location and activity ...

An Indonesian Navy rigid-hull inflatable boat (far left) confronts a Chinese Coast Guard vessel near Natuna Island. Source: KKP Credit: KKP Earlier this week, a top Indonesian official made headlines ...

Last weekend, Indonesia conducted another round of sinking of vessels deemed to be illegally fishing within the country’s waters. The development once again put the Southeast Asian state’s ongoing war ...

Indonesia and China clashed on Friday in their third naval confrontation this year when an Indonesian navy vessel fired at Chinese fishing boats and injured one person, according to China’s Foreign ...