Article: News Focus: ILLEGAL FISHING CAUSING N SULAWESI TRILLIONS OF RUPIAH LOSSES.

By Eliswan Azly Jakarta, Nov 15 (ANTARA) - Illegal fishing committed by foreign poachers in Indonesian waters is no longer regarded as a public secret, as this largest archipelagic country in the world with its vast marine territory has difficulties detecting and capturing them. According to a report issued recently by the marine and fisheries office of North Sulawesi, illegal fishing activity in the province's waters had caused the local administration to suffer a loss of trillions of rupiahs. The illegal fishing actvities were committed by foreign poachers, mostly from the Philippines, Taiwan and China and some other neighboring countries that had no cooperation ...

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