Legal analysis of lobster export policies in Indonesia: The principle of sustainable development approach

Abstract

Abstract Lobster as one of the highly valued export commodities in the fishery sector. World demand is quite high, and limited supply results in high selling value of this commodity. Uncontrolled catching, making the population of lobsters was threatened. In 2015, the government issued a Regulation of the Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 / Permen-Kp / 2015 Concerning the Capture of Lobster (Panulirus Spp.), Crab (Scylla Spp.), And Crab (Portunus pelagicus Spp.) that regulates related to restrictions in lobster management, which was only lobsters of a certain size can be caught. This policy was revised in 2016 with the Regulation of the Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Number 56 / Permen-Kp / 2016 Concerning the Prohibition of Catching and/or Expending Lobster (Panulirus Spp.), Crabs (Scylla Spp.), And Swimming (Portunus Spp.) from the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. This policy expressly states the prohibition of catching lobsters that are in egg-laying conditions and lobsters weighing less than 200 grams or categorized as baby lobsters. This policy aims to maintain the existence and availability of increasingly threatened lobster resource populations. Besides, this policy also aims to increase the added value of lobster babies. In 2019, the government reopened the discourse to export baby lobster, this was assessed by the previous fisheries minister, would threaten the lobster population in its natural habitat and reduce the added value gained by fishermen. This article will analyze normatively related to the policy prohibiting the export of baby lobsters in Indonesia. Is this policy in accordance with the principles of sustainable development to ensure the principle of environmental sustainability? It means that this principle should guarantee that the benefits of lobster can also be felt by future generations as a form of responsibility for the principle of intrageneration.