Foreign fishing boats' operations regulated<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Local fishing companies wishing to lease foreign
\nfishing boats must have fishing permits, according to the
\nMinistry of Agriculture's new ruling.<\/p>\n
The agriculture minister's Decree No.957\/1996, dated Dec. 27
\nbut released yesterday, stipulates that only fishing companies
\nwith permits to operate foreign ships can be licensed to lease
\nforeign fishing boats.<\/p>\n
The regulation says that foreign fishing boats of 800 gross
\ntons or bigger will be allowed to operate only in the Indian
\nOcean and Pacific Ocean parts of the country's exclusive economic
\nzone.<\/p>\n
The ruling says that permits to operate foreign fishing boats
\nand fishing licenses for foreign ships are to be issued only to
\nIndonesian companies which already own at least two Indonesian-
\nflag fishing boats of at least 30 gross tons, a cold storage with
\na minimum 100-ton capacity, a canning plant, a shipyard with a
\nminimum capacity of 150 gross tons and an ice plant with a
\nminimum daily capacity of 10 tons.<\/p>\n
The agriculture ministry, through its July 1996 decree, banned
\nleased fishing boats operating under foreign flags in Indonesian
\nwaters.<\/p>\n
According to ministerial decree No. 957\/Kpts\/IK.120\/12\/96,
\ndated Dec. 27, 1996, leased fishing boats with foreign flags
\nowned by local fishing companies must have fishing licenses from
\nthe ministry.<\/p>\n
The decree stipulated the type of fishing equipment that could
\nbe used by fishing companies. They included long lines, single
\npurse seine, group purse seine, fish nets, gill nets and squid
\njigging.<\/p>\n
It said fishing companies would be charged US$140 a year for
\nusing long line, $159 for single purse seine, $225 for group
\npurse seine and $290 for fish net, $70 for gill net and $85 for
\nsquid jigging equipment.<\/p>\n
The decree said the stipulated fishing companies must sell
\ntheir products both domestically and overseas.<\/p>\n
It also stipulated that at least 30 percent of the crews
\nbelonging to these fishing companies consisted of Indonesians.
\n(09)<\/p>",
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