W Sumatra Fishermen Gets Relief Requirements Related To License Service

Padang, (Antaranews Sumbar) - West Sumatra Provincial Government appealed to fisherman chart above 30 grosston (GT) to manage permit as Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has provided relief requirements. "The condition that has been a constraint to take care of permits is now ignored, so that fishermen can take advantage of the relief," Head of the Office of Marine and Fisheries of West Sumatra Yosmeri stated in Padang, Wednesday. He explained the related operational fisherman chart in West Sumatra, after getting a dispensation to be able to go back to sea while waiting for the revision of Ministerial Regulation number 71 of 2016 KP. Obstacles for the fishermen to handle the charts, according to him, are the use of unregulated nets, the size of the lamps and the procurement of Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) or monitoring tool of ship movement. The commonly used web nets are 4 millimeters of West Sumatra fisherman in accordance with their use for small size fish. While the allowed mesh size is 2.5 inches, so permission can not be obtained. The same thing happened to the size of the ship's light to attract the attention of the fish on ship chart in West Sumatra which is considered too large. Fishermen are also difficult to qualify procurement Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) or tool to monitor the movement of ship because the price is relatively expensive, about Rp20 million. "After the lightening is expected, our chart fishermen immediately take care of the permit because the legality is very important," Yosmeri said. Moreover, according to him, to make it easier for fishermen in West Sumatra, KKP lowered Gerai Team to complete SIUP and SIPI at Bungus Port, Padang on January 15 to 19, 2018. The complete permits will further provide a sense of security to the fishing charters in carrying out fishing activities in the Fisheries Management Area of the Republic of Indonesia and the open seas. (cha) Translator: Vicha Faradika