WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • MARCH 2024 29 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 30) 14,500 km, produces 950 thousand tons of shrimp annually. India with a coastline of 8,700 km produces 700 thousand tons and Vietnam with a coastline of 3,200 km also produces 700 thousand tons of shrimp. “Meanwhile, Indonesia, with a coastline of 99,083 km, is stagnant in producing 500 tons of shrimp. This is a challenge for all stakeholders in the country. Because it has the longest coastline but its production is inferior to countries with shorter coastlines,” Atjo said as stated in TROBOS Aqua, edition 139. On the tilapia side, the potential for culturing this fish was explained by Alwi Tunggul Prianggolo, General Chair of the Indonesian Tilapia Association (ATI). He initially started working on milkfish and shrimp commodities, adapting tilapia culture to the conditions of the existing brackish ponds. “FCR turned out to be very good, adding polyculture with vannamei, the profits were quite good. And in this farming, the sustainability of our culture business is very dependent on the carrying capacity of the environment. For example, I limit the number of fish seeds so that the amount of feed used is not too much. Even though the profits are not very big, we hope that the environmental carrying capacity will remain good,” Prianggolo shared, as quoted from TROBOS Aqua, edition 135. Another commodity, namely lobster culture, was highlighted by Lampung academics. As reported in TROBOS Aqua, edition 138, writer Yudha Trinoegraha Adiputra stated that national lobster culture has developed massively even though the government’s policy focus has been on supporting lobster cultivation only since 2020. Business clustering has also been supported in policy to accommodate all parties to contribute. However, he argued, the linkage between these clusters was never mentioned in terms of working together. “The policy for managing clear lobster seeds with culture is focused on large entrepreneurs. So make a small part where fishermen are involved, for example in catching. For example, small lobster farmers breeding lobster fry up to juvenile size, so that can be utilized by large lobster farmers as quality fry,” he suggested to provide a solution. Another commodity, seaweed, although not as widely reported as other commodities, has its own ‘space’ for its farmers. As reported in mongabay.co.id December 2023, Seriwe, East Lombok-West Nusa Tenggara is known for its seaweed commodities. Even now, Seriwe is the only seaweed center village in Lombok that is increasingly developing. While other seaweed centers have fewer fishermen farming seaweed, Seriwe actually has an increasing number of fishermen farming seaweed. Indonesia is an archipelagic country with 17,504 islands, 6.4 million square kilometers of water area, 108 thousand km of coastline and a population of up to 270 million people. As many as 140 million Indonesians live in coastal areas. “This natural wealth means potential food resources from marine resources.”
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