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Coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu district, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, a bomb severely damaged by the use of fishing and trawling. Manufacture of ships damaged rumpon be a solution to fix the ecosystem. Head of Department of Marine and Fisheries of West Kalimantan Rudiyono Billy said, coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu begin to deteriorate since the Thai boats fishing loot in the region using trawling in 1998 until 2000.

“The condition is then compounded by the use of fish bombs,” said Billy, Saturday (31/12/2011). The ships were used as rumpon fishing boats seized from Vietnam and the plundering of fish caught in the South China Sea. Read more…

A total of 18 bodies had been found in the process of finding a golden bridge collapse disaster in Tenggarong, Kutai, East Kalimantan. The victims were found around the location of the ruins of the bridge and swept away by the currents of the Mahakam River.

“It found as many as 18 dead bodies Tenggarong bridge collapse,” said Head of Public Relations East Kalimantan Police Commissioner Vishnu Sutirta, Tuesday, November 29, 2011. The process of identification, word Vishnu, performed police personnel on the ground with the community. The latest information, all these victims have been identified that the majority of the citizens Kukar and Samarinda. Read more…

Cars and a public bus plunged into a river when a concrete bridge collapsed in Indonesia’s Borneo Island on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring another 17, a local official said. The accident took place at 4:30 pm local time in Kutai Kartanegara district in East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, search and rescue agency head Harmoni Adi in East Kalimantan province said.

“Three people were killed. The death toll is likely to increase,” he told AFP, adding that 17 people were injured, including broken bones, and receiving treatment in a nearby hospital. He said that the search and rescue members were scouring the Mahakam River in Tenggarong town in Kutai Kartanegara district looking for bodies or survivors who were trapped in their cars in the water.
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Maritime associations in Kotabaru, South Kalimantan, such as the National Indonesian shipowners Association (INSA) and the Association of loading and unloading Indonesia (APBMI), plans to build a college sailing in the area. “Kotabaru have a large enough water area and the strategic, high potential for built a special college sailing, “said Commission Legal Association of loading and unloading Indonesia (APBMI) Branch Kotabaru Joyo Budi SH, in Kotabaru, Wednesday (9 / 3).

According to him, currently Kotabaru very lack of human resources, particularly in the field marine, while Kotabaru has an area of ocean is quite broad and strategic trade routes abroad, so it is necessary to print the quality of human resources in the region itself. Read more…

Who knew Maratua Island? In fact, not every citizen of East Kalimantan has ever heard the name of the island. One of the outer islands of Indonesia, located in Berau was hardly ever mentioned. The island is inhabited by 3,000 people Bajao tribe, it is not widely known by the people of Indonesia, probably because considered not important, but the island is one of the “porch” Indonesia.

Island `U` shaped it, said to be a garden of foreign tourists and divers dream, because the cluster of small islands on the island of Maratua, storing various marine tourism potential, including the beauty of marine life. Maratua Island in the Bajau community – purporting to be from the Philippines – referred to as `or` Malatua Wood Tuba, a type of toxic wood commonly used by local fishermen in catching fish. “Maratua Island has a beach and nature are quite beautiful . It’s just so far not managed optimally, “said Head Maratua, Khudarat. Read more…