"Tackling Challenges of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing" organized by Indonesia Strategic and Defense Studies (ISDS) and the United States Embassy in Indonesia took place on June 8 2023. Present as a speaker in the discussion was Deputy Operations Officer for the Security Agency, Laksda Bambang Irawan; Kepala Balai Besar Riset Sosial Ekonomi Kelautan dan Perikanan, Dr. Anastasia R.T.D. Kusumawardhani; Executive Director of Synergy Policies, Dinna Prapto Raharja, Ph.D; and Kompas Journalist, Lukita Grahadyarini. This discussion aims to commemorate International Day Against IUU Fishing on June 5. "IUU Fishing does not only talk about the fish on our dinner table but also contains the blood and sweat of the fishermen involved in it," said Dinna to start the material. The driving factors for IUU fishing include weak and complicated monitoring processes at ports, business competition in fisheries which is a capital-intensive industry, as well as the vulnerability of coastal communities who are often involved in debt, and are complicated by expensive and complicated permit models. Moreover, the ships owned by Indonesian fishermen are on average under 30 GT, and can only go to sea in areas less than 12 Nautical Miles. Even though each type of fish has different fishing techniques and fishing equipment. “A good strategy to deal with this problem is to make policies that are people-centered and look at the reality on the ground; complete regulations and ratify ILO Convention 188 which regulates forms of protection for fishing vessel crews and their mechanisms; "Port reform in Indonesia is related to governance, budgeting, and cooperation for monitoring ship size control," said Dinna.