Condition of the fisheries in the exclusive economic zone of Indonesia are
undergoing overfishing. This is caused by fisheries enterprises which use boats
and fishing tools that are less selective, the presence of illegal, unreported,
unregulated fishing so that the results of the fish catches in excess of that allowed.
Indonesia in all laws and regulations in the field of marine and fisheries, have
always tried to keep in line with the United Nations Convention on the law of the
Sea 1982, this is evident in Act No. 5 Of 1983 concerning the exclusive economic
zone of Indonesia and Government Regulation No. 15 of 1984 Concerning natural
resource management Biodiversity that numbers of fish caught should correspond
to the number of permitted catches having regard to conservation safeguards in
the exclusive economic zone of Indonesia. This is in accordance with the
provisions of article 61, paragraph 1 and 2 of the United Nations Convention on
the law of the sea in 1982, which stipulates that coastal States should determine
the source of the biological richness of the catches that could be allowed in its
exclusive economic zone and must guarantee the conservation and management of
the action holds the right so that the excessive exploitation does not compromise
the biological wealth of resources in the exclusive economic zone.