Maritime Ministry Targets To Provide 155 Billion Fish Seeds
10 September 2017 11:48 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Sukabumi - Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry’s (KKP) Directorate General of Cultivation targeted to provide 155 billion fish seeds including sea, brackish, and freshwater fish.
"The seeds provided vary from consumption fish namely shrimp, catfish, gold fish, and tilapia, to pet fish that have economic values to the people," KKP Director General of Cultivation Slamet Soebjakto said in Sukabumi on Saturday.
He explained that the majority of the seeds is for freshwater fish production since the production of sea and brackish fish is difficult to undertake. In 2018, the number of the seeds will be increased in order to meet demands from local regions.
Nevertheless, there are problems in the distribution of the seeds since many regions still have insufficient seed production. In order to maintain balance, increase in seed production will be supported in such areas.
The increase of seed production is in line with the growing demands for fish farming. This indicates increasing fish consumption even though it is still lower than other ASEAN countries.
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