Title: INTERNASIONAL COOPERATION OF BENGKULU DISTRICT GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELD OF FISHERRIES TO PERFORM FISHERIES SUSTAINABILITY
Abstract: Bengkulu is a province of Indonesia, which is directly adjacent to the Indian Ocean. Of 126.217 tones of fishery products of Bengkulu only approximately 19,14% has been utilized. Besides, low infrastructure and facilities for fishing make the most fishing activity is conducted in coastal areas which then led to over fishing, whereas in the territorial sea and EEZ occur illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels. In addition, many fishermen turn into a coal waste collector since the decreasing number of fish each day. Lack of capital and human resources are two major constraints for this. If this continues hapend, fishing community will not sustain. As a matter of fact, international cooperation between Bengkulu government with foreign parties can be a solution which legally possbile to conduct. Furthermore, in ASEAN Economy Community (AEC) Indonesia has noted that one of the main commodities for intra-ASEAN are fish and fisheries. AEC will make the role of government will fade and be taken over by district government. International cooperation of Bengkulu Government will issue agreements that will it. This study examines what legal basis of Bengkulu Government to conduct such cooperation? With whom it can be conduct? How does the mechanism? Have there been any such cooperation in Bengkulu and whether the existing cooperation follow the mechanisms? This study used normative juridical method with literature searches and statute approaches. Interview with officials from the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries is conducted as a complement. The results showed that in the field of fisheries, there hasn’t been any international cooperation. However there are plans with Korean investors to conduct research on sea cucumber aquaculture and the development of Pulau Baai Harbour, means, Bengkulu Government have to be very careful so that the results of such cooperation will benefit mostly the fishing community and the fisheries sustainability preserves.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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