TELUK, Indonesia (Reuters) - Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.

The Indonesian government had previously sunk impounded foreign boats to deter illegal fishing in its waters, but the ...

Maritime observers are calling on the Indonesian government to strengthen regulations for recruitment, placement, repatriation and legal reparation for crews aboard foreign and domestic fishing ...

WWF welcomes Indonesian moratorium on new trawl and purse seine fisheries licenses but an immediate reduction in fishing efforts is needed in order to protect the Coral Triangle, the world’s most ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia's navy says it fired shots at a Chinese trawler when it refused to stop fishing in Indonesian waters, and then seized the vessel and its eight crewmembers. Navy ...

TAIPEI (AFP) – Nine Indonesian fishing boat crewmen suspected of murdering their Taiwanese captain and chief engineer faced an angry attack from relatives when they were brought back to the island ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A vessel seized for fishing in an off-limits area in Indonesia may have also been using a type of trawl net that’s been banned for its destructive ...

Indonesia will look to use data from miniature satellites around the world to seize illegal fishing vessels in its waters following an agreement inked with a Silicon Valley tech firm this week. The ...

Two Indonesian fishing boats were caught in the path of Cyclone Ilsa, a Category 5 storm considered "Australia's most powerful" in nearly a decade, before it made landfall on Friday Nearly a dozen ...

Fishing communities living on the islands of Indonesia’s Karimunjawa National Park have found an important balance, improving their social well-being while reducing their reliance on marine ...

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 ...

WWF welcomes Indonesian moratorium on new trawl and purse seine fisheries licenses but an immediate reduction in fishing efforts is needed in order to protect the Coral Triangle, the world’s most ...