Adi B. Wicaksono

Pre-Departure TrainingI / A / L / F

Jakarta, 24 June 2013

Vessel Monitoring

System

TERRITORIAL WATERS

INDONESIA EEZ BORDER

FACTS:• 5,457 boats, size above 30 GT (Central Government License)• > 150,000 small boats, size under 30 GT (Local Government

License/unlicensed)• Fish stock potential: 6,8 million tons/year• Capture fisheries production: 5,3 million tons (2011) • 2,3 million fishers• Potential loses from illegal fishing:• Overfishing in most management areas

Objectives of VMS implementation:

1.To monitor fishing vessels and fish carrier vessels’ position and activity at sea by transmitter/ platform installation with satellite based system

2.To improve management of fish resources optimization

3.To increase the compliance of fishing boats of the provisions of the legislation in force

4.Sustainable and responsible fisheries resource utilization.

Fishing Vessels

VMS Satellites

GPS Satellites

Ground Station

Main Server

Internet

Fishing Monitoring

Center

Fishing vessels transmit their GPS position to VMS satellite

The data are downloaded from satellite by a ground station

Ground station sends data to Fishing Monitoring Center

Fishing company track their fleet by access website

Vessel Monitoring System

Boat owner

About 2,000 Indonesia fishing vessels is monitored by VMS

Some indications that are detected by VMS

• Red line, lower speed

• Zigzag pattern

Fishing activity

• Entering territorial waters

• Forbidden for big one

Fishing outside their areas

• Speed = 0• For long

time period

Trans-shipment at sea

• Pair trawls• Always

together in pairs

Forbidden fishing gears

Thank you for your kind attentions

Adi B. WicaksonoClass: AAS/6M2

Presented as speaking assignmentEnglish for Academic Purposes

I / A / L / FJakarta, 2013