Hidayah Masnuah and the Puspita Bahari organization strive to uplift the lives of fisherwomen. She is  active in advocacy on coastal issues. 

Three Indonesian fishing boats were destroyed for stealing sea cucumbers in Australian waters. Fishermen are enticed by high sea cucumbers prices and abundant stocks.

The government is again sinking foreign boats caught illegally fishing in Indonesian waters. The number of patrol vessels is limited.

Poaching produce in the North Natuna Sea is not only triggered by economic need. According to the Director of the Fleet Monitoring and Operations of the Marine and Fisheries Resources Directorate-General in the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Pung Nugroho Saksono, a conflict similar to the Sipadan-Ligitan case between Malaysia and Indonesia should not be allowed to recur.

Country policies on transshipment differ. In Indonesia, the government gives serious attention to the issue of transshipment. It is suspected that this becomes a widespread practice due to the high number of foreign-owned vessels operated by Indonesian fishery companies.