Presented on Pre-Departure Training Australia Awards Scholarship

1. Adi B. Wicaksono
Pre-Departure Training
I / A / L / F
Jakarta, 24 June 2013
Vessel
Monitoring
System

2. TERRITORIAL WATERS
INDONESIA EEZ BORDER

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. About 2,000 Indonesia fishing vessels is monitored by VMS

7. 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

8. Thank you for your
kind attentions
Adi B. Wicaksono
Class: AAS/6M2
Presented as speaking assignment
English for Academic Purposes
I / A / L / F
Jakarta, 2013