24. FAKTOR PENYEBAB PENUNDAAN KERJASAMA INDONESIATHAILAND DALAM MENANGANI PRAKTEK IUU FISHING DI INDONESIA

Abstract

Indonesia’s marine fisheries become targets of fishery crime because of the abundant fisheries
and marine resources. One of the fishery crimes that occurred is the practice of Illegal
Unreported Unregulated (IUU) Fishing which mostly conducted by foreign vessels coming
from neighboring countries such as Thailand. Indonesia seeks to cooperate with Thailand to
address the practice of IUU fishing in Indonesian waters because of the losses incurres as a
result of IUU Fishing. One way to do is to establish bilateral agreements in the form of a
Memorandum of Understanding on Fisheries Cooperation that took place in 2002-2006. The
cooperation has ended, and both countries are seeking to carry out a new partnership in 2013.
But in fact the signing of the agreement has been delayed. The problem that arises is what the
factors that cause delay such cooperation are. This research aims to determine the factors that
led to postponement of the signing agreement. This research found that the Indonesia-
Thailand cooperation has been delayed because there are some obstacles in the process of
signing the agreement document such as factor the counter draft from each party and factor of
Thailand political instability.