Wanted: an Integrated Fisheries Policy

As the marine affairs and fisheries minister, it is Susi Pudjiastuti's task to ensure that Indonesian fishing boats are hosts in their own country. After she was sworn in by President Joko Widodo last year, she immediately set out to immobilize thousands of foreign vessels with questionable licenses.

When she took on her job, Susi faced a mountain of problems which had been neglected for years. Among them was rampant poaching and the abuse of tonnage capacity, which unscrupulous business people seized on to take advantage of subsidized diesel fuel prices and to avoid paying taxes.