As a maritime country, why Indonesia imports fish?

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Canned fish entrepreneurs revealed that nowadays it is not easy to get fish in Indonesian seas. In fact, Indonesia is a maritime country. "For domestic, these years are very difficult, so we can't rely on domestic, we have to import. The country of origin of imports is getting less and less, first from China, India, Pakistan, Japan, Oman, now everything is expensive," said the Chairman. General Indonesian Fish Canning Association (Apiki), Hendri Sutandinata told CNBC Indonesia, Tuesday (2/8/22). "India no longer exists, from China there are almost none. At least Pakistan and Japan, and that number has decreased somewhat. It's about a 50% reduction," he continued. Domestically, he added, the supply of local lamuru or sardines comes from Bali, NTB, NTT, and Madura. However, the numbers are running low so they have to rely on imports. Conditions are getting more difficult because the supply of imports is also not so easy. As a result, there are fears that a ...