Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Marine resource-rich Indonesia sets higher fish production, consumption target

Indonesia as one of the world`s largest maritime countries has about 5.8 million square kilometers of marine territory and 92,000 kilometers of beach and coastal strips, second only after Canada. As around 70 percent of Indonesia`s territory consists of water, it is but logical if Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has the ambition of making Indonesia one of the world`s biggest fish producers.

For 2011, the ministry has set its fishery production target at 12.26 million tons, or an increase of 13 percent from 10.85 million tons in 2010. Indonesia`s fish production in 2009 was 9.82 million tons. Speaking in a discussion on "The Fishery Outlook 2011" held in Jakarta early February 2011, the minister said the government has set a target of fishery production at 22.39 million tons by 2014, while aquaculture 16.86 million tons.

This year, the volume of aquaculture production is expected at 6,847,500 tons, the number of quality fingerlings is 4.2 billion, and seaweed seedlings 350,420 tons. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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