State Sovereignty Law Politics in Handling Illegal Fishing Crime in Indonesia (Case Study of Natuna Islands Sea Territory)

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic nation in the world which shares border countries with many countries. Indonesia has serious problem concerning maritime security in their territorial waters, such as Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (IUU). The IUU activities done by foreign-flagged fishing vessels and bringing their catch abroad is very detrimental to state finances, namely the loss of potential income for local and central govermennt. The Natuna Islands are one of the Indonesia’s outermost border islands that are rich in marine fish resources. This research aims to anaylisis the effectiveness of foreign-flagged fishing vessels burning or sinking policies based on Article 69 of Law Np. 45 of 2009 that were implemented in Natuna Sea territory. The research method used in this study is normative juridical method using literature and online data search.