The Bupati of Mentawai has made a public announcement reminding all surf charter boat operators that PERDA No16 2002 is now to be enforced with full legal sanctions for those who do not respect the Regency Tourism Law. Please note that a recent article in Australian Surfing Life was submitted to the magazine prior to the Bupati's clarification and it seems that the author was misinformed. The MMTA regards the statements made by one of the unlicensed captains as fictional and all guests and agents are advised to ask boat owners for proof that they hold a Mentawai Marine Tourism License No. These numbers will be:

SKM 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

BSM 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

MWB 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

BTK 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

INB 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06

If you are in doubt, please check the "Boat" list on this website.

BUPATI statement: 

See the video on Veoh.com

The English translation of the minutes of meeting are below:

Click Read More to see the original Dept of Tourism Minutes of Meeting 

This video summary of the Regional Meeting hosted by the BUPATI of Mentawai is now on line at this link:

CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO 

Or paste this link into your browser: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v113680687nzj9EzA

Regards

Nasdion SH

MMTA 

All members and operators are invited to a meeting at 2pm Saturday, 3rd of May at Bumi Minang Hotel. Please see the attached notification of meeting.

Thanks