Indonesia's Cooperation Effort with Interpol in Eradicating Illegal Fishing

This study aims to identify the cooperation effort carried out by Interpol during the administration of President Joko Widodo, with the main goal of improving Indonesia’s maritime industry by realizing Indonesia to become the world’s maritime center. However, in realizing the expectation, the illegal fishing issue must be resolved. Illegal fishing or illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a transnational crime that uses foreign vessels. IUU fishing is not a new issue, as the crime is organized and planned. IUU fishing cases that often occur in Indonesia, other than fish theft, are absence of documents and permits, violation of requirements for fishing equipment, port of call, document falsification, requirement manipulation, offshore transhipment, and double flagging. The illegal activities are not only Indonesia’s problem but also a cross-border problem. In this study, the author wants to identify how the Indonesian government and Interpol cooperate to handle the IUU Fishing issue. The author uses international security theory with the concept of maritime security and international organization theory. This study uses a qualitative research method, as it was done in a natural situation.