Trenggono talks about shrimp cultivation, is Indonesia losing to Ecuador?

Published 2022년 8월 10일

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Indonesia's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, is pushing for the optimization of fish cultivation to boost state revenue. The country has a vast potential in aquaculture, particularly in species like grouper, bubara, baronang, and napoleon. Trenggono also emphasized the development of other fisheries sectors such as shrimp, crab, lobster, and seaweed. He highlighted the potential of lobster and announced plans to collaborate with Australia in this area. Seaweed was identified as a strategically important commodity due to its carbon absorption properties and potential to replace plastic products.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono revealed that fish cultivation optimization is needed in Indonesia to increase its contribution to state revenue. According to him, the upstream fisheries sector plays an important role in increasing the contribution of this sector. "Then cultivation, in Norway, the focus is only on one commodity of salmon, and that is worldwide. Salmon in Indonesia is around 600 tons per year. That is not a small number," he said in the Economic Update of CNBC Indonesia, Wednesday (10/8/2022). Meanwhile in Indonesia, many types of fish have great potential to be developed. Trenggono revealed that grouper, bubara, baronang, and napoleon have the potential to be developed in Indonesia. "So far, it is still small. Then there is the most expensive fish called napoleon. It can be cultivated too, the price is 1 kg, around Rp. 3 million to Rp. 4 million," he said. Meanwhile, in the blue economy policy, there ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia