SUCOFINDO assists Government overcoming IUU Fishing
One of the crucial problem facing Indonesia is Illegal, Unreported dan Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.
One of the
crucial problem facing
Therefore, IUU fishing practices, in particular illegal fishing has been the most serious problem that shall be anticipated as soon as possible since it jeopardizes sustainability of marine and fishery resources that leads to the country’s crisis of economy
Starting January 1st 2010, European Committee has put into effect a new regulation ie Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008 dated September 2008 on the Establishment Community System To Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported And Unegulated Fishing.
This new regulation from EU Committee stands as implementation form of tracibility system principle for food product, particularly fishery product resulted from catching process.
This principle of traceability is implemented through the so-called Catch Certification scheme which is used as ascertaining fact that the products are resulted through legal ways of catching.
This regulation is applied to all fishing products directly or indirectly entering EU resulted from catching activities, including those of Indonesian-flag vessels.
Up to the
date, issuance of the Cathing Certificate by
No otomation
has been established for the issuance of catching certification issuance,
certification database management and electronic filing system at
In this regards, PT.SUCOFINDO has been awarded a project worth Rp. 13 Billion from the ministry to fulfill the above needs through a transparent and objective tender mechanism.
SUCOFINDO is in position to establish Automated Issuance System of Catching Certificate that will assure speed and accuracy of data in conformance with requirement stated in EC NO. 1005/2008. This upgraded system will prevent counterfeit and misuse of Indonesian catching certificate