Shanty Oktavilia, Firmansyah, F.X. Sugiyanto, M Aulia Rachman
During the administration of President Joko Widodo, an illegal fishing policy has been implemented, one of which aims to improve the welfare of fishermen and other actors of fishery business, with the competitiveness of Indonesian fisheries increase as the intermediate targets. This study aims to analyze whether the policy is effective in increasing the competitiveness of fishery commodities in Indonesia. This study employs Revealed Competitive Advantage (RCA) as an indicator of competitiveness of fishery commodities. Effectiveness of illegal fishing policy is analyzed by utilizing panel regression on pre and post policy data. This study finds that most of the RCA index of fishery commodities are greater than one, which means that its competitiveness is strong in international markets. The regression result of policy variable shows the difference of competitiveness of fishery commodity in Indonesia, pre and post the implementation of illegal fishing policy. © 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Economics, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof Sudharto SH, Tembalang, Semarang, Jawa Tengah Province, Indonesia; Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Sekaran, Gunung Pati, Semarang, Jawa Tengah Province, Indonesia
