30 MARCH 2024 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG For crabs, some local farmers have developed natural culture methods, and some have used apartments, or vertical crab house, methods. Reporting in radarbromo. jawapos.com last December, Rachmad Sudaryanto made crab apartments from used jerry cans. He can harvest crabs with a weight ranging from 60 to 800 grams per head. Likewise in Bangka Belitung, as reported in bangka.tribunnews.com, the apartment crab box system for farming mangrove crabs has been replicated by Pokdakan Tunas Muda, Lubuk Lingkuk Village, Central Bangka. This farming connected to the program with Central Bangka Regency which has been designated as a Fishing Village for Mangrove Crab Culture by the Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries based on Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Decree number 111 of 2023. Government Strategy and Policy Connecting the voices and direct activities of stakeholders in the field, TB Haeru Rahayu, Director General of Aquaculture, KKP also responded with the efforts made by the government. ‘Drumming’ and ‘shouting’ aquaculture harder, Tebe-TB Rahayu’s nickname, described detailed programs to support these 5 ‘champion’ commodities. “Namely increasing the aquaculture productivity through revitalization and modeling of the aquaculture system, establishing aquaculture villages, and developing local-based ingredients for feed. Besides that, the policy consists of increasing product value and market access, developing broodstock centers, strengthening human resources, regulations, and supervision and enhancing downstream sectors (such as cold storage and fish processing units),” Tebe explained at the same event with Trenggono. The targets consist of fish and shrimp production increasing from 5.54 million tons in 2022 to 12.52 million tons in 2024. Apart from that, seaweed production could increase from 9.23 million tons in 2022 to 12.33 million tons in 2024. “And the target is improving the welfare of fish farmer communities, and realizing an advanced, modern, and sustainable aquaculture industry,” Tebe pointed out. Confirming what Tebe said, Minister Trenggono also explained that the strategy being implemented was modeling development with the 5 commodities mentioned, as well as building aquaculture villages. “The culture models that have been built are area-based shrimp culture in KebumenCentral Java, saline tilapia culture in Karawang-West Java, seaweed in WakatobiSoutheast Sulawesi, and lobster in Batam-Riau Islands. Apart from that, KKP also plans to build a modern shrimp pond in Waingapu-East Nusa Tenggara with an investment value of IDR 7.8 trillion,” Trenggono punctuated. Based on these efforts, Trenggono voiced the hope that by 2029 Indonesia would be a very strong ‘leader’ and ‘producer’ in aquaculture sector. “Especially in lobster, shrimp, crab, seaweed, and tilapia. With the diversity of fish types in Indonesia, there are these 5 commodities that we want to master to become ‘champions’ in their time,” Trenggono illustrated the hope. Notes All photos courtesy of Directorate General of Aquaculture, Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, Republic of Indonesia.
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