Indonesia’s Fisheries Reform Needs Science, Not Just Bigger Quotas

Indonesia is carrying out one of the most ambitious fisheries governance reforms in the developing world. Through the Measured Fishing Policy, Penangkapan Ikan Terukur (PIT), the government is moving away from decades of effort-based management toward a quota-based system that regulates how much fish may actually be caught, rather than simply limiting the number of vessels or types of fishing gear. Under Government Regulation No. 11 of 2023, Indonesia is shifting from input-based controls, which regulate fishing activity, toward output-based controls that set limits on catches. This approach aligns Indonesia with countries such as Norway, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand, which have adopted quota-based fisheries management. This direction is, in principle, hard to argue against.

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