DEAN of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) Padjadjaran University (Unpad) Yudi Nurul Ihsan expressed his belief that marine fisheries cultivation has great potential to become the basis for the future of Indonesian fisheries. In this case, he emphasized the need for support from various parties for the efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) in developing this program.
“The idea of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, regarding the development of fisheries cultivation, especially through mariculture (sea cultivation), really needs to be supported. This might be the basis for the future of fisheries,” said Yudi as quoted from Between,
According to him, in the future, Indonesian fisheries can no longer depend entirely on the use of natural resources or capture fisheries. Continuing to be exploited, this potential might decline, while the potential for aquaculture is still very broad.
The data it has shows that Indonesia has around 24 million hectares of land for developing marine fisheries cultivation, but only a small portion has been utilized, namely less than 5 percent.
Apart from the vast potential for marine cultivation land, various commodities can also be developed, including lobster, abalone, grouper, seaweed and even yellowfin tuna which have high selling value in the domestic and global markets.
KKP already has a program to develop fisheries cultivation in Indonesia through the development of sustainable cultivation models for superior export commodities such as shrimp, seaweed and saline tilapia. These programs have been operating in Kebumen, Wakatobi and Karawang.
“For example, for tuna cultivation, the potential in the Banda Sea, south of Bali, Java and west of Sumatra is very large. We can develop a cultivation model using floating net cages in the sea. Gondol (Bali) can be used as a model for fish cultivation yellowfin tuna, from the broodstock to the spawning,” he added.
Apart from that, Minister Trenggono’s steps in collaborating with countries that are more advanced in aquaculture technology, such as Vietnam and Japan, are considered to be the right steps to encourage the development of sustainable aquaculture in Indonesia. This has been proven by the example of Vietnam, which in the 1970s learned from developed countries in aquaculture technology. (Ant/Z-10)
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