Solusaun Saida Hasoru Peska Ilegal Iha Area Tasi Timor-Leste?

Foin dadauk ne’e media nasional sira hato’o katak Timor-Leste kaer tan Ró ahi peska nian hamutuk hat (4). Ró sira ne’e kaptura husi forsa F-FDTL Komponente Naval iha area tasi Metinaro nian iha loron 28 Agostu tinan 2015. Deskonfia Ró peska ilegal ho material peska nian ho nia kru ema hamutuk nain 58 husi sidadaun Indonezia dadaun ne’e detein no hein hela prosesu investigasaun.

Bazeia ba estudu ne’ebé iha katak desde tinan 2006 deteta Ró hamutuk 30 no tinan 2011 aumenta 25 maka kaer ikan ho ilegalmente iha tasi parte leste no ba kosta sul nian. Ró peska ilegal sira ne’ebé mai naok ikan iha tasi Timor mai husi Thailandia, Xina no maoria mai husi Indonezia.

Tanba sa Timor-Leste nia tasi no rekursu sira iha tasi laran kontinua ameasadu ho ema ilegal sira? Antes ne’e Prezidenti Republika Taur Matan Ruak fo atensaun katak Timor-Leste kontinua lakon ikan iha tasi laran. Dadus ne’e iha istima katak kada tinan Timor-Leste lakon U$ 36 miliaun ba ikan ne’ebé peskador ilegal sira naok. Autoridade sivil ba Defeza no Seguransa nian bei-beik hateten Timor-Leste sei latolera ameasa saida deit maka hasoru suberania nasional no riku soin iha tasi. Nune’e Ministru Estadu, Koordenadór Asunto Ekonómiku no Ministru Agrikultura no Peska, Estanislau da Silva fo sai iha media Indonezia katak sei halo mout ka tiru rahun tiha Ró peska ilegal ne’ebé tama iha Timor-Leste. FM nia hare aktividade kontrabandu sira seluk, peska ilegal, tranportasaun sasan ilegal, ai, droga sei utiliza dalan tasi nian. Desizaun tiru rahun Ró peska ilegal ne’e atu halo tauk peskador ilegal no aktividade ilegal seluk tama mai Timor-Leste?

Portantu kestaun seluk FM nia monitorizasaun nota katak liña fronteira ne’ebé seidauk klaru mos sai dezafiu ida ba autoridade siguransa sira define area operasaun nian. Ida ne’e problema sufistikadu ne’ebé Timor-Leste infrenta iha area marítima. Timor-Leste liga fronteira tasi ho Indonezia no Australia. Iha rekursu oin-oin ikan, ahu ruin no rekursu tasi sira seluk ne’ebé tempu ona Timor-Leste tenki asegura.

FM nia hanoin presiza polítika no desizaun ida ne’ebé klaru atu asegura risku sira ne’ebé afeita tasi Timor nian husi aktividade ilegal sira. Prosesu investigasaun ba autor peska ilegal sira tenki ho rigor. Hasae kapsidade autoridade seguransa tasi nian forsa naval F-FDTL no mos PNTL, hadia infrastrutura no fornese ekipamentus operasional ne’ebé sufisienti atu hasae nivel seguransa diak iha tasi laran.

What is the Solution for Stopping Illegal Fishing within Timor-Leste’s Borders?

The national media recently reported that Timor-Leste’s F-FDTL naval forces detained more than four (4) cat a Metinaro-area beach on August 28th, 2015. The boats were suspected of carrying fishing material with 58 people from Indonesia. The suspects are currently being detained and awaiting an investigation process.

A survey reports that since 2006, Timor-Leste has detected 30 boats, including 25 boats in 2011, engagingin illegal fishing in the eastern and southern areas of Timor-Leste’s waters. The boats and illegal fishermen originated from Thailand and China, and many of them were found to be from Indonesia.

Why are Timor-Leste’s seas and resources under threat of illegal fishing? Previously, the President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak, has said that Timor-Leste continues to lose its fishing resources year by year. Data on illegal fishing for the past few years estimates that every year Timor-Leste loses US $36 million of fish and resources stolen by illegal fisheries. Civil authorities of security and defence have steadily maintained that Timor-Leste will not tolerate any such threats against national state sovereignty, nor against Timor-Leste’s richness in maritime resources. Therefore, the State Ministry Coordinator of Economic Issue and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Estanislau Aleixo da Silva, declared to Indonesian media that TL will destroy any illegal boat that enter Timor-Leste’s boundaries. However, in FM’s opinion, foreigners and criminals will continue to use the sea as an alternative method for shipping contraband, illegal fishing, and the transport of wood and drugs. Is the decision to destroy illegal boats intended to frighten illegal fisheries and criminals engaged in other illegal activity away from Timor-Leste?

FM’s monitoring noted that Timor-Leste’s undefined maritime borders remain a challenge as well for TL security forces in defining their operational areas. It is a complex issue that Timor-Leste faces in its maritime area. Timor-Leste shares maritime borders with Indonesia and Australia, and there are a variety of resources (fish, coral, etc.) that need to be secured by Timor-Leste.

FM posits that the country needs to formulate a clear policy and decision to address the risk of illegal fishing in the Timor Sea. The investigation process of those complicit in the activities of illegal fisheries must be rigorous. TL must increase the capacities of its maritime security, particularly the F-FDTL naval forces and PNTL. Furthermore, the country should improve its security infrastructure and provide sufficient operational equipment to improve its security of the sea.

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