Govt plans to increase fishery production by 300 pct

Antara News, Friday, November 13, 2009 20:23 WIB

Gorontalo (ANTARA News) - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) is planning to increase the country`s fishery production by 300 percent next year, a cabinet minister said.

DKP Minister Fadel Muhammad said here on Friday Indonesia was the fourth biggest producer country for marine and fishery products in the world, after china, Peru and the United States.

The minister said that in order to maintain its position as the fourth biggest fish producer country, Indonesia was planning to increase its fish production by 300 percent in 2009.

For the purposes, the DKP will hold a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IV on maritime and fishery affairs on November 16, 2009.

The maritime affairs and fishery ministry, he said, hoped that the House of Representatives would approve the budget the DKP would propose so that the programs prepared to achieve the target of raising fish production by 300 percent would proceed on time.

Fadel Muhammad said that his ministry had selected 56 regions in 33 provinces to transformed as fish production enters as a pilot project for the programs.