Decree of the Minister of Agriculture on the Fishing Areas for Sea-bed Trawlers (No. 609 of 1976)

390 INDO 24 (f) Decree of the Minister for Agriculture N° 609/Kpts/Vm/9/l976 on the Fishing Areas for sea-bed trawlers PROVISION I Without disregarding the provisions on the fishing areas established by the Government, THE SEA-BED (DEMERSAL) FISHING WATERS IN THE MARINE ENVIROm1ENT OF INDO~~SIA ARE DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 1. Fishing area A: The waters of the Indian Ocean adjacent the western and southern coasts of Sumatr~, the southern coasts of Java and the Nusa Tenggara Islands as far as Timor, delimited by: 95 0 17' east longitude (VIe Lhee) to the borderline of the Indonesian waters between the coordinate points 6° south latitude - 104° 30' east longitude and 6° 50' 30" south latitude - 105 0 east longitude (Sunda Strait); 8° 30' south latitude along the islands of Nusa ATenggara southwards; 125° east longitude (from the island of Timor to the borderline of the Indonesian waters); II. Fishing area B: Parts of the Indian Ocean, of the Straits of Malacca, the Southern part of the Southern Chinese Sea, delimited by the following lines: North: the borderline of the waters of the Republic of Indonesia; East: the coast of Borneo; South: 1° south latitude; West: 95° 17' east longitude. III. Fishing area C: The straits of Karimata, Java Sea, and the Straits of Macassar, delimited by the following lines: North: 1 ° south latitude (West of Borneo), and the borderline of the waters off Indonesia; East: 120 0 20' east longitude; South: 8 0 30' south latitude; south-west between the coordinate points 6° south latitude - 104 ° 30' east longitude and 6° 50' 30" south latitude - 105° east longitude (Straits of Sunda); West: the coast of Sumatra. 391 INDO 25 IV. Fishing area D: The eastern waters delimited by: ~orth: the borderline of the Indonesian waters; East: the borderline of the Indonesian waters; South: 8 0 30' south latitude, as far as it crosses 125 0 east longitude and the borderline of the waters of the Republic of Indonesia, east of 125 0 east longitude; West: 120 0 20' east longitude. PROVISION II The delimitation of the fishing areas as established in the first provision herein, is applied only to sea-bed trawl fishing vessels, that shall be allowed only to catch fish in the area or the part of an area as stated in their fishing permits. PROVISION III (a) Every trawl vessel is obliged to have a coloured mark showing the fishing area designated for its fishery activities: "In the midst of the side of the vessel between bow and stern, a tenth part of the length of the ship shall be painted in a defined colour, with 10 (ten) cm. wide edges." (b) The fishing area identification colours shall be as follows: I. Fishing area A: dark red; II. B: dark green; III. C: deep yellow; IV. D: black. PROVISION IV The trawl vessels referred to in the second provision herein, which have been granted a regular permit by the qualified authority, are allowed to conduct their fish catching operations by means of different legitimate gears, with the limitation that they are allowed to operate only in the fishing area or in the part of a fishing area as assigned. PROVISION V The sea-bed trawl vessels operating on behalf of the Directorate General of Fisheries, of the Fishery Services of local governments, or of other scientific organizations, with the agreement of the Directorate General of Fisheries, in the field of fishing training, research/survey/exploration/ exploitation for the development of fishery, are exempted from the provisions of this Decree. 392 INDO 26 PRO\'1 S 10:\ VI The trawl vessels mentioned in provlslons IV and II herein, that violate any provision referring to them are liable to withdrawal of their fishing permits. PROVISION VII The control and guidance of the level of intensity for fishery in the fishing areas shall be regulated in a more detailed way by the Director General of Fisheries. PROVISION VIII The application of the provlslons of this Decree shall be regulated by the Director General of Fisheries. PROVISION IX This decree shall come into force on the 30th September, 1976.