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Indonesia’s Obsession With Seaweed Produce 10 Million Tons In 2014
Obsession with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (NOA) to states producing the largest marine and fishery products in the world in 2015 continue to be encouraged with seaweed as one of the leading commodity.
In remarks read out by Director General for Fisheries and Aquaculture Made L Nurdjana at the time of harvest seaweed in Belitung province, the Province of Bangka Belitung (Babel), Tuesday (11 / 5). In this budget year, the province of Babylon received allocations entrepreneurial development of seaweed cultivation and development of as many as 382 packages of seaweed nurseries as many as eight packets in Belitung province, Central Bangka, South Bangka, Belitung and East.
Seaweed cultivation is likely to be developed, for its processed seaweed and has a wide market. In addition, develop seaweed cultivation requires only a relatively small investment that can be done in poor coastal areas. Seaweeds also have a short amount of time maintenance until 45 days with a simple technology that can be easily developed.
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fadel Muhammad said that NOA was preparing at least about 60 clusters of seaweed with a production target of 10 million tons in 2014. Bangka Belitung addition, NOA with local governments and the private sector has built as many as 12 clusters of seaweed scattered in Sumenep, Gorontalo, Pangkep, Dompu, Serang regency, Riau Islands, North Minahasa, Parigi Moutong, Polewali Mandar, and Bau Bau.
In addition, the CTF will also limit the export of logs in the form of seaweed (dried seaweed) in 2012 to encourage the growth of domestic processing industries. In order to realize the production target of seaweed, the CTF will take two steps. First, extending or expanding or adding business units cultivation. Second, the intensification or increase in the number of production through increasing the number of each business unit to develop seaweed cultivation. Potential land and waters in the gulf coast of Indonesia is still very wide. Currently the area of sea grass covering 4.5 million hectares are being recorded.
Until 2008, a total of 15% seaweed exported in processed form by Indonesia. The rest is exported in the form of logs. CTF prepared three policy options concerning the development of seaweed processing. First, log seaweed exporters must be registered and must have a processing plant in the country. Second, the government is restricting log exports seaweed. Third, give authority to the cooperatives to export seaweed.