ABSTRACT

As the greatest archipelagic state in the world, Indonesia has an extensive ocean territory that provides a large benefit in the sector of fisheries resources. Any regulation was established in sustain the resource management to preserve of availability and sustainability. Since the Indonesian government issuing jurisdiction of ocean territory known as Declaration of Djuanda in 1957 until established Fisheries Act with amendment and the last is Fisheries Act No. 45 of 2009. Moreover, the fisheries resources are correlated with the Naval Act, coastal management and associated legislation. In common, as the state that was ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, the maintained regulation is intended to sustain fisheries resources as described in the Stockholm Declaration of 1972 in the development principle to attain the current demand, without reducing the ability of future generations to accomplish it.