Indonesian fishermen who live from capture fisheries activities number 2.5 to 3.7 million people. Around 90 percent or 2.5 to 3.3 million are small fishermen who depend directly on the small-scale fisheries sector.
In 2021, IOJI together with the Pesisir Lestari Foundation conducted a study to see the impact of Law Number 7 of 2016 concerning the Protection and Empowerment of Fishermen, Fish Farmers and Salt Farmers, as well as Law Number 27 of 2007 concerning Management Coastal Areas and Small Islands towards improving community welfare, especially small-scale fishermen in seven locations, including: Pari Island, Natuna, West Likupang, Nusa Laut, Alor, Kaledupa, and Pringgabaya.
This study focuses on five typologies of marine injustice that may occur and need to be mitigated from the ten typologies identified by Nathan Bennet (2021), namely tenure injustice, economics, policy impacts on small fishermen, decline in ecosystem services, and inclusive governance and human rights violations.
