Fishery
commodities play an important role in reducing poverty, hunger and
malnutrition. This sector serves as the sources of employment, income, food,
and foreign exchange in international trade. In 2010, Indonesian fishery sector
absorbed 54.8 million workers and sustain the lives of 660-820 million people.
Asia accounts for over 60 percent of world fish production and the majority
come from small and medium micro enterprises.
"128
million tons of fish is directly consumed as food, helping to reduce hunger,
poverty and malnutrition in the world. The world consumption of fish is on
average 18.4 kilograms per capita and 47 percent of fish production comes from
aquaculture," said Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources
Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Prof. Indroyono Soesilo in
the Stadium Generale 'World Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and Position
of Indonesian Fisheries', Saturday (25/5) at Bogor Agricultural University
(IPB) Darmaga.
This
activity, organized by the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK-IPB),
is part of a series of activities in IPB 50th Anniversary. Unfortunately
over the last ten production of capture fish has decreased .
"We
can now expect aquaculture businesses to increase fush production," said
Director of FAO of the first Indonesian origin.
Moreover,
Prof. Indroyono said, to maintain a sustainable development of aquaculture and
capture fisheries we must conserve marine biodiversity and ecosystems, maximize
the utilization of fish-based food and optimize socio-economic benefits for the
community.
"We
also have to optimize marine biological resources other than fish like seaweed
as raw material for medicines, food, cosmetics, biotechnology, textiles,
ceramics and so on," he emphasized. (Mtd)
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