An evaluation of former foreign-owned fishing vessels revealed a 100 percent violation rate. Administrative sanctions imposed ranged from revocation of permits (65 percent), operational suspension (14 percent), and warnings (21 percent).
According to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) data, many of these former foreign-owned vessels originated from China (374 vessels), Thailand (280 vessels), and Taiwan (216 vessels). The anti-illegal fishing task force recorded proven violations including the use of foreign captains and crew, failure to activate Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) while at sea, document forgery, and money laundering.
This audit, conducted by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) since 2015, encompassed 1,132 former foreign-owned fishing vessels spread across 33 ports. These vessels were found to be owned by only 187 companies.
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