The Roles of the Ministry of Marine and Fishery in Marine Environment Protection from Oil Pollution by Tankers in the Sea in Indonesian Legal System

Abstract

The Ministry of Marine and Fishery (KKP), as stipulated in the Presidential Regulation Number 2 of 2017 on the Amendment of the Presidential Regulation Number 63 of 2015 on the Ministry of Marine and Fishery, is in charge of organizing government affairs in the field of marine and fisheries to assist the President in organizing the state government. In one of the seven pillars of Indonesia's marine policy, which is in the pillars of the management in the scope and protection of marine environment, one of the major programs of marine environment protection policy is the prevention, mitigation, and recovery of pollution impacts and damage to marine environment. For the achievement of the objectives, the KKP requires a normative support for the protection to marine environment from oil pollution by tankers, in terms of prevention, mitigation, and recovery of pollution impacts and damage to marine environment.

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