Indonesia and Vietnam collaborate on domestic lobster cultivation

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Indonesia and Vietnam are ready to collaborate to cultivate lobsters domestically. Director General of Aquaculture at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Tb Haeru Rahayu said that Vietnam is one of the countries that has successfully cultivated lobsters. Indonesia itself has quite large natural resources of lobster seeds. So far, the lobsters that are exported and traded are the result of fishermen catching them at sea. "We also have an MoU with the minister of fisheries in Vietnam with an agreement that let's work together and work together," said Tb Haeru at the Indonesia Marine and Fisheries Business Forum 2024 at the Fairmont Hotel, Jakarta, Monday (5/2/2024). Apart from cultivating lobsters domestically with Vietnam, the government is also opening up opportunities to export lobster seeds. The potential for exporting Indonesian lobster seeds is quite large. "(The value of) US$ 1.62 billion is a lot but it is not included in state ...