fisheries
Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Affairs Susi Pudjiastuti encourages for certification and traceability on Indonesia’s fisheries products, especially tuna, for competitiveness in international fisheries market.
Minister of Marine and Fisheries Affairs Susi Pudjiastuti underlines that overfishing on sharks and manta rays in Indonesia have led to declining population of the two species, adding that high prices have spiked the trade.
For the past three years of Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla administration, infrastructure development which has been the core of its policy has instead put more threats on farmers and fishermen as food producers, said activists.
The Sunken Billions Revisited, a study reported in 2009, said that lesser fishing will be able to save fish from over-exploitation and generates additional income up to 83 billion dollars per year.
Jakarta (Greeners) – Nearly 90 percent out of 634,000 fishing boats in Indonesia is categorized as small scale fisheries as its weight below 5 Gross Ton by 2014. The small […]