The Marine and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) of Indonesia has intensified the campaign against fish bombing in areas where the practice is prevalent in Central Sulawesi province, a senior official has said.
The campaign against fish bombing will be intensified as part of efforts to support the implementation of blue economy, healthy sea, and Prosperous Indonesia (Indonesia Sejahtera) program launched some time ago, the ministry’s marine and fisheries resource supervisory (PSDKP) director general Adin Nurawaludin said in a press statement issued on Saturday.
“In a bid to protect the world’s biosphere reserves and to boost the implementation of blue economy, of course, we do not only apply the law enforcement approach, but also raise public awareness as one of the important instruments,” he noted.
Campaigns and information dissemination against destructive fishing, particularly fish bombing, need to be carried out continually since fish bombing is widely prevalent in some regions, he said.
Moreover, the public should be educated about the negative impacts of fish bombing, he added.
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