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The Directorate General of Surveillance, Control and Monitoring of Fisheries Resources (PSDKP) is responsible for monitoring Indonesian waters beyond 12nm with surveillance support from the navy. Provincial governments oversee monitoring from the shoreline to 12nm with surveillance support from the water police. In both cases, criminal charges and prosecution can only take place through police investigations. To improve the compliance and enforcement, in sites like Rembang, Pamekasan, and Konawe Selatan, village regulation is strengthened and already implemented in Pamekasan specifically Pagagan Village, while the other sites it is still in progress. APRI has made major improvements in this SG and more documented information on the compliance to this could help score higher. Monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) tools in the fishery include licensing and registration for all vessels and IDs for fishermen. Indonesia do not resort to sanctions and fines, rather believes in awareness and working through village committees to reach an agreement. This takes time to enforce but is more effective and shows better cooperation of fishers. Stakeholder meetings showed that fishers are complying with new regulations. APRI with local and National government has brought out many new regulations and a large group of fishers seems to comply with it. This is mainly due to approach of APRI and local governance. One example is the pilot project in Pamekesan using gill nets of 4.5 inch mesh size. The fishers were involved inthe net fabrication and are happy to use that. There is non-compliance, like use of illegal mini trawls, but it is not systematic. Rather random acts. APRI has performed a major role in creating awareness about sustainable fishing practices among crab fishers. Score is 80.