VMS Tender
Monitoring the Sea's Vanishing Wealth
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
To prevent illegal fishing, the government has adopted a vessel monitoring system (VMS) and appointed the Argos-Racall consortium to manage it. The French government is to allocate a soft loan worth US$9-US$10 million for this project.
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Indonesia actually does not have to rely heavily on creditor countries. If only it could safeguard its marine riches, the state budget would not have to be as patchy as it is now. Just imagine that some US$4 billion or about Rp40 trillion disappears every year because of illegal fishing by foreign fishermen.
It is a relief to learn that the government is now resolved to carry out its long-held determination to do away with illegal fishing conduc
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