Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 476/KPTS/IK.121/7/1985 on the Reporting Stations for Licensed Fishing Vessels in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone

407 INDO 41 (j) Decree of the Minister for Agriculture N° 476/Kpts/IK.12l/7/l985 on the Reporting Stations for Licensed Fishing Vessels Fishing in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone REGULATIONS 1. The report stations for foreign vessels allowed to fish in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone and the procedures of their reporting are regulated as follows: Article 1. - The report stations for the foreign vessels at the moment they begin, during and after their fishing operation are established as follows: (a) The general port of Tanjung Pinang , provice of Riau. (b) the general port of Tarakan, province of East Borneo. (c) The PN-Perikani Sulawesi Utara/Tengah fishing harbour, at Bitung, North Celebes. (d) The general port of Biak, West New Guinea. (e) The fishing harbour PT Samudera Besar, Benoa, Bali. (f) The general port of Benoa, Bali. (g) The fishing harbour Samudera Jakarta, Jakarta. (h) The fishing harbour PN, Samudera Besar, Sabang, Special Territory of Aceh. Article 2. - The foreign fishing vessels are subject to report at the beginning, during and after their fishing operations to the port officer in one of the ports listed in Article 1 herein, as stated in their permit, in accordance with the following procedure: (a) Not later than 24 hours before entering the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone, the master is obliged to inform the officer of the port by electronic communication instruments (radio, telex, telegraph or SSB); (b) A foreign fishing vessel which, because of the position of its fishing ground, as stated in its permit, will cross the Indonesian waters or shall take aboard an inspector, is obliged to enter the designed port; (c) During its fishing operation, the master is obliged to report by electronic instruments the position of the vessel to the port officer every 24 hours or at every moment when requested by the port officer; 408 INDO 42 (d) Not later than 72 hours before the foreign fishing vessel leaves the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone, the master shall report his position and the fishing data according with the report form that he received with the fishing permit, in order to make easier inspection as well as the delivering of the permit; (e) The foreign fishing vessels meant in section (b) herein are obliged to enter the designed port in order to take back an inspector or to deliver a form after filling it. Article 3. - A foreign fishing vessel which because of the position of its fishing ground shall cross the Indonesian waters following the course stated in its fishing permit is obliged to own a sailing permit issued by the Directorate General of Sea Communications and a security clearance issued by the Headquarters of the Indonesian Armed Forces. Article 4. - The officer who ascertains a fact that can be considered as an infringement of whatever regulation concerning fishery or whatever else shall report to the concerned authority for further investigation. Article 5. - Before, during and after fishing operation in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone the foreign fishing vessels are obliged to take aboard the officers of the Indonesian security service for inspection, in accordance with Article 14 of Law N° 5, 1983. Article 6. - (1) In order to carry out a technical and administrative control of the foreign fishing vessels operating in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone the Director General of Fisheries shall set up a team for technical/administrative surveillance, composed of members from the Directorate General of Fisheries, the Headquarters of the Indonesian Armed Forces, the Directorate General of Sea Communications, the Directorate General of Taxes and Customs, the Directorage General of Immigration. (2) The Director General of Fisheries shall assign officers from the Directorate General of Fisheries to the report ports in order to collect the reports and to inspect aboard the foreign fishing vessels that bear fishing permits. (3) The Director General of Fisheries shall assign the tasks and work procedures to the team for technical/administrative surveillance, the port officers and the inspectors. Article 7. - The Director General of Fisheries shall establish the terms of accommodation, meals and daily allowance for the inspectors, to which the vessel owner shall provide. 2. This Decree is valid from its date.