THE ROLE OF INDONESIA’S MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND FISHERIES POLICY REGARDING MARITIME SECURITY ON THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGULATED FISHING IN 2014-2020

Abstract

Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities have become a threat that has received serious attention from the Government of Indonesia in matters of maritime affairs and the fisheries sector. IUU fishing activities that occur in Indonesian seas have caused a lot of losses and this activity has occurred due to a lack of supervision from Indonesia in its seas which then led to this illegal fishing activity, especially in the South Natuna Sea. What Indonesia is trying to do in managing its maritime security is not enough to suppress illegal fishing activities that occur in Indonesian seas. Given the vastness of Indonesia's seas, a more comprehensive strategy is needed in order to maintain the security and sovereignty of Indonesian waters. The Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries then decided to implement a policy to address IUU fishing that occurred in Indonesian waters in order to protect Indonesia's interests in its waters. This research will discuss the implementation of policies carried out by two Ministers of MMAF, namely Susi Pudjiastuti and Edhy Prabowo in 2014-2020 and conduct an analysis based on the theoretical framework used in this research to review how the implementation of policies carried out by the two MMAF Ministers in in fighting IUU Fishing that occurs in Indonesian waters in the long term and how this policy is viewed in accordance with the theory used by the authors in this study. The research methodology used by the authors in this study is a qualitative method, with data obtained by conducting library research and interviews with related institutions to obtain in-depth data regarding policy implementation against IUU Fishing in the 2014-2020 period. The results obtained from this study are that there are significant differences between the implementation of policies carried out by the MMAF Minister in the era of Susi Pudjiastuti and the MMAF Minister in the era of Edhy Prabowo. Based on the discussion and analysis carried out on the implementation of the policies carried out by the two Ministers of MMAF, it is known that their implementation is sufficient to suppress IUU Fishing actions that occur in Indonesian waters but has not yet been in the maximum policy implementation efforts to provide prosperity for the community.