KKP develops modern shrimp pond model in Indonesia
Fresh Common Shrimp & Prawn
Indonesia
Published Oct 30, 2021
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Jakarta (AGRINA-ONLINE.COM). The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in 2024 targets national shrimp production of 2 million tons. One of the efforts to develop shrimp farming areas in order to achieve this target is through modeling integrated modern shrimp ponds that apply Good Aquaculture Practices.
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This area will be built in Kebumen Regency, Central Java Province. "The modeling is one of the implementations of the KKP breakthrough, namely the export-based aquaculture policy supported by marine and fishery research," said Director General of Aquaculture, Tb Haeru Rahayu in his official statement. Tebe explained that the modeling developed in Kebumen can hopefully reach an optimum productivity of around 40 tons/ha/cycle. If the pond in Kebumen is successful, it will become a model for accelerating the achievement of the target of 2 million tons in 2024. For information, the signing of a cooperation agreement related to the construction of this shrimp pond model was carried out in Jakarta on August 12, 2021 ago. “What will be built later is a shrimp pond that is environmentally friendly and sustainable. So if there is an assumption that shrimp ponds are polluting, it is barren and ugly,” explained Tebe. Only Hermawan, Director of Areas and Fish Health, Directorate General of ...
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