REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) should facilitate national entrepreneurs to anticipate a trade war between the US and the People's Republic of China (PRC). Executive Director of the Center for Maritime Studies for Humanity, Abdul Halim, said there are no strategic efforts made by the KKP in facilitating businesses, in order to take advantage of the trade war between the US and China.

The KKP policy of sinking foreign fishing vessels and evaluating taxation has caused uncertainty in fisheries business.

"It is difficult for entrepreneurs to make breakthroughs," he stated here on Monday.

He noted that small, medium, and large-scale fisheries entrepreneurs are making efforts to survive amid uncertainty in fisheries business.