date:Mar 21, 2014
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The minister noted that only the cakalang variety of tuna was still in the condition of moderate exploitation.
He said cooperation by all parties in Indonesia and abroad is needed to safeguard the country's tuna resources and business.
Previously, the Peoples Coalition for Fishery Justice (Kiara) had blamed foreign parties, which poached the fish in the Indonesian waters.
Foreign fishing vessels have become more and more free in poaching Indonesia's resources with facilities provided by