Badung, Bali – In a bid to curb illegal fishing, Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry pursues negotiations for more catch quota for bluefin tuna.
“We will fight for it because the ones deciding it are (members of) the international (community). We do negotiations and lobbying with many stakeholders,” Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono stated in Bali on Wednesday.
Trenggono made the statement at the National Tuna Conference and International Tuna Business Forum.
The international forum regulating the quote of bluefin tuna catch per year is the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT).
The minister affirmed that the negotiation is an effort to reach a just quota, so there would be no disparity with other countries. He cited the example of Australia that has a catch quota of six thousand tons for bluefin tuna per year.
“Must be fair. If it is not fair, then there might be risk of distortion,” he pointed out.
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