Basic Weighting Criminal in Indonesia’s Maritime Criminal Acts

Indonesia is known as an archipelago with its marine natural resources. The government program especially in the periode of President Joko Widodo is to focus on crime in the area of maritime. this because of there are Many violations related to the crime of illegal fishing, marine and fisheries and shipping. Problems faced by Indonesia not only arresting foreign vessels suspected of illegal fishing, but also the legal issues that arise post-arrest. The problem in this paper is to see how the basic criminal weighting in the maritime criminal acts. The method used is a normative juridical using legal materials in the form of legislation and case related to a court decision. This writing will also review a maritime criminal cases, whether using basic weighting criminal or not. Law enforcement efforts in the field of maritime criminal acts should be done with the maximum and all related officials should be ready to build a shared commitment to uphold the law against the perpetrators of the theft of fish and marine offender.