On Monday, Indonesia celebrated 70 years of independence in a unique way: By sinking up around 34 impounded foreign boats. The empty boats were from Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia and had been caught illegally fishing in Indonesian waters. It costs the country, the world’s biggest archipelago nation, millions every year to ensure that illegal fishing is under control.
Scattered around the islands, all the vessels were blown up and scuttled in an effort to deter others from illegally fishing in the seas around more than 17 000 islands in the area. The boats were scuttled to act as artificial reefs for fish. There have been other instances of trawlers being blown up in recent months:
We have to be able to show that we can be triumphant on the sea because the sea is the future of our nation.
BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR FORESTS? Tut tut.
On Tuesday, four Indonesian boats that had incorrect documents were sunk. Green groups who were concerned with the effects of boats being blown up – the government’s preferred method in the past – were happy that the decision to scuttle them was taken up (the act of purposefully allowing water into the hull).
Check the Viking being blown up, below:
[source: timeslive]
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