Karya Akhir ini membahas mengenai pencegahan illegal fishing melalui vessel monitoring system yang di fokuskan di Kepulauan Natuna. Kasus illegal fishing di wilayah Kepulauan Natuna merupakan salah satu yang tertinggi di indonesia dan berdampak pada rusaknya sumber daya perikanan dan kelautan. Studi ini akan menjelaskan illegal fishing sebagai bagian dari kejahatan lingkungan yang dicegah dengan menggunakan vessel monitoring system yang termasuk ke dalam bentuk pendekatan regulasi sosial yang merupakan bagian dari pencegahan kejahatan lingkungan. Pencegahan kejahatan illegal fishing melalui vessel monitoring system akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan konsep situational crime prevention dan teori pilihan rasional.

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This Thesis is about crime prevention against illegal fishing through Vessel Monitoring System which focused on Natuna Islands. The case of illegal fishing in the Natuna Islands region is one of the highest in Indonesia and has an impact on the destruction of fishery and marine resources. This study will explain illegal fishing as part of environmental crime that is prevented by using vessel monitoring system that is included in the form of social regulation approach is part of a neighborhood crime prevention. Crime prevention against illegal fishing through vessel monitoring system will be analyzed by using concept of the situational of crime prevention and theory of rational choice.