Terms of Reference Team Leader Fisheries Assessment for North Natuna Sea Background  The Natuna Islands, an archipelago of 272 small islands in Riau Islands province, are Indonesia’s northernmost island chain and are located off the northwest coast of Borneo between Peninsular and Bornean Malaysia.  Closer to Ho Chi Minh City than Jakarta, the island chain is remote and relatively undeveloped, but has received international attention in recent years as China’s “Nine-Dash Line” claim to the South China Sea overlaps with Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coast of Natuna, triggering disputes between Indonesian authorities and Chinese foreign fishing vessels. In July 2017, the GOI announced it was renaming the waters around the Natuna Islands the “North Natuna Sea” in place of the South China Sea.   Furthermore, the East Natuna Gas Field (formerly Natuna D-Alpha), located northeast of the Natuna Islands and within Indonesia’s EEZ, is consi...