Fishing communities on small islands in the Java Sea and farther afield have long complained that large purse seine vessels are encroaching on traditional fishing grounds. On Sembilan Island, between ...

Indonesian Navy Rear Adm. Rachmad Jayadi deputy commander, Indonesian Navy Education and Training Doctrine Development Command, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet ...

Naval forces of Indonesia and Russia began their first joint military training drills in the Java Sea on Monday, the Indonesian navy said, which analysts say shows the Southeast Asian country's ...

Civil society activists have questioned whether a sanctioned alternative to the seine net will help fish stocks recover in Indonesia’s fishing zones. Fishers on Java’s northern coast are struggling to ...