Kerjasama Keamanan Maritim Indonesia-Australia dalam Menangani IUU Fishing di Laut Arafura

Abstract

IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishing was deemed by Indonesia as a crime that inflicted many loss. In Indonesia, IUU fishing mostly occured at Arafura Sea where Australian sea territory were partially included. The mentioned problems in this research are why Indonesia and Australia establish a cooperation to deter IUU fishing at Arafura sea and the affects. The purpose of this research is to explain and analyse the cooperation that undertaken by Indonesia and Australia to deter IUU fishing at Arafura Sea. For those purposes, this research using the liberalism theory, cooperation concept, maritime security concept and transnational crime concept as a tool of analysis. This research is conducted by using the qualitative research method with explanative research type through interviews and literature studies. The cooperation between Indonesia and Australia to deter IUU fishing at Arafura Sea were conducted through bilateral an multilateral efforts. For both states, particulary Indonesia, the cooperation are the part of their efforts to create a maritime security with the protection of economic and reliability sector of respective states as the ultimate goal.