The purpose of this study is to analyze the conflict in Bengkalis waters and contributing factors. Analysis of the conflict is descriptive and the factors that cause conflict with the approach of analyzed Fisher et al. (2000). The study was conducted in the waters Bengkalis Regency. The results showed that the conflict in Bengkalis waters began in 1983 to the present. This conflict started when hunting for kurau (Eleutheronema tetradactylum) in the waters of District Bantan began to rise. Primary factors driving the conflict has not received much attention and as basis for conflict resolution that remains in progress. These factors are identified into three parts: 1) cultural background, 2) social factors, and 3) juridical factor.

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Based on UNCLOS 1958 and 1960, national territory of Indonesia since 1945 up to 1994 had not yet entirely united. The application of 3 n.m. territorial sea encircling each island had placed waters among islands as high seas. After UNCLOS 1982 being implemented and internationally binding in 1994, the high seas became archipelagic waters and since that time have integrated the whole national territory of Indonesia. Berdasarkan Konvensi Hukum Laut PBB (KHL) 1958 dan 1960, wilayah NKRI sejak 1945 sampai 1994 belum menyatu secara utuh. Penerapan laut teritorial 3 mil laut mengelilingi setiap pulau mengakibatkan wilayah laut di antara pulau-pulau merupakan laut lepas. Setelah KHL 1982 diberlakukan dan mengikat secara internasional pada tahun 1994, maka laut lepas berubah status menjadi perairan kepulauan yang menyatukan seluruh wilayah NKRI.

According to UNCLOS of 1982, Indonesia has sovereignty over internal waters, archipelagic waters, and twelve nautical miles territorial sea. It has also sovereign rights over 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zones (EEZ) and continental shelves. It has not yet determined contiguous zones beyond its territorial sea. In this respect, it has duty to delimit and map maritime boundaries of its waters based on the best scientific data produced by marine scientific research. Marine scientific research, therefore, plays a very important role in the delimitation of maritime boundaries of Indonesian waters.

Development of Riau Island Province as one of Indonesian Keywords: seasand export, UNCLOS AbstrakPembangunan Provinsi Kepulauan Riau (Kepri) sebagai salah satu wilayah perbatasan strategis Indonesia merupakan suatu keniscayaan. Dana APBN dan APBD untuk memperkuat posisi Kepri secara berkelanjutan perlu didukung dengan dana dari hasil ekspor pasir laut ke Singapura. Permasalahannya adalah bahwa ekspor pasir laut ditutup sejak 2002. Hasil penelitian hukum terhadap permasalahan tersebut menunjukan bahwa UNCLOS dan hukum positif Indonesia memberi peluang kepada pemerintah dan para pemangku kepentingan untuk membuka kembali ekspor pasir laut ke Singapura. Upaya untuk merealisasikan peluang tersebut perlu didukung dengan argumentasi hukum laut yang akan disampaikan melalui tulisan singkat di bawah ini.