Australia, RI to hold ministerial meeting on illegal fishing

JAKARTA (Antara): Australia and Indonesian would jointly organize a regional ministerial meeting on illegal fishing from 13 countries in May this year.

Australian ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer said Thursday the meeting plan was needed to deal with organized fishing crime in the region, which had threatened fish and fishermen.

"The fishery reserve in Southeast Asia is really under serious threat. So we think it is good if we (Australia and Indonesia? could handle this problem together," Farmer said.