Under a Memorandum of Understanding between Indonesia and Australia, traditional Indonesian fishermen are permitted access to fish in a designated area inside the 200 nautical mile Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ). However, crew and vessels are regularly apprehended for illegal fishing activity outside the permitted areas and, after prosecution in Australian courts, their boats and equipment are destroyed and the fishermen repatriated to Indonesia. This is an ethnographic study of one group of Indonesian maritime people who operate in the AFZ. It concerns Bajo people who originate from villages in the Tukang Besi Islands, Southeast Sulawesi. It explores the social, cultural, economic and historic conditions which underpin Bajo sailing and fishing voyages in the AFZ. It also examines issues concerning Australian maritime expansion and Australian government policies, treatment and understanding of Bajo fishing. The study considers the concept of “traditional” fishing regulating access to the MOU area based on use of unchanging technology, and consequences arising from adherence to such a view of “traditional”; the effect of Australian maritime expansion on Bajo fishing activity; the effectiveness of policy in providing for fishing rights and stopping illegal activity, and why Bajo continue to fish in the AFZ despite a range of ongoing restrictions on their activity.rnrnDi bawah Memorandum of Understanding antara Indonesia dan Australia, nelayan tradisional Indonesia diizinkan mengakses ikan di area yang ditentukan di dalam 200 mil laut Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ). Namun, kru dan kapal secara teratur ditangkap karena kegiatan penangkapan ikan ilegal di luar wilayah yang diizinkan dan, setelah dituntut di pengadilan Australia, kapal dan peralatan mereka hancur dan nelayan tersebut dipulangkan ke Indonesia. Ini adalah studi etnografi dari satu kelompok orang maritim Indonesia yang beroperasi di AFZ. Ini menyangkut orang Bajo yang berasal dari desa-desa di Kepulauan Tukang Besi, Sulawesi Tenggara. Ini mengeksplorasi kondisi sosial, budaya, ekonomi dan sejarah yang mendasari pelayaran dan pelayaran nelayan Bajo di AFZ. Ini juga mengkaji isu-isu mengenai ekspansi maritim Australia dan kebijakan, perlakuan dan pemahaman pemerintah Australia mengenai nelayan Bajo. Studi ini mempertimbangkan konsep penangkapan ikan tradisional" yang mengatur akses ke wilayah MOU berdasarkan penggunaan teknologi yang tidak berubah
