Jakarta, Nov. 10 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is increasing the number of patrol vessels to strengthen security in areas vulnerable to illegal fishing. The ministry's Director General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance Pung Nugroho Saksono recently said that the ministry is adding more vessels to effectively combat illegal fishing. According to him, the ministry has received an additional budget of 2 trillion IDR (116 million USD) from Commission IV of the Indonesian House of Representatives to build ten new patrol vessels through a foreign loan from the Spanish Government. Currently, the KKP operates 34 patrol vessels across Indonesia to monitor around 24,000 fishing boats, a figure far from ...