BeritaPagi News, Jakarta – The government will make
catfish as one of the main commodities that will be maximized for Indonesia’s
food self-sufficiency. Coordinator of Minister for maritime Indroyo Susilo said
that the election of catfish as the mainstay because catfish is a fish that
contain lots of nutrients with cheap price.
“Even though Catfish is
the cheapest, it has a lot of animal protein,” he said after a meeting at his
office, Jakarta, Thursday (29/01/2015).
Moreover, Indroyono
said that catfish has been well known even to the European continent. “We can
sell to Europe,” he added. Besides catfish, he also would make other fisheries
commodities such as shrimp, grouper, red snapper, tilapia and catfish as the
main commodity.
He also said that the government has targeted Indonesian aquaculture
production should reach 31.3 million tons. To achieve these targets, the
government must meet a few things that could support aquaculture. For the
cultivation needs 7 things that must be met, namely, location, seed, feed,
medicine, technology and markets. (Amd / NRM)
