The government needs to set a quota of nine million tons of fish both for domestic consumption and for industry, the People’s Coalition for Fishery Justice (Kiara) said.
"We need to set a quota of at least nine million tons to meet domestic needs," Kiara Secretary General M Riza Damanik said here on Wednesday.
He said that the nine million tons consisted of 6 million tons for domestic consumption and 3 million tons for fishery industries at home to meet their need for raw materials. Riza said that based on data obtained at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the 1998 - 2008 period fish consumption of domestically produced fish increased 25 percent.
He said that the nine million tons consisted of 6 million tons for domestic consumption and 3 million tons for fishery industries at home to meet their need for raw materials. Riza said that based on data obtained at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the 1998 - 2008 period fish consumption of domestically produced fish increased 25 percent.
The standard of fish consumption based on the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is 30 kg per capita per year. In Indonesia which has a population of over 220 million, the fish consumption per capita per year has reached 30.17 kg.
Riza said that at present people in Indonesia still consumed meat (beaf) more than fish due to the high rate of meat imports from other countries, including Australia. Therefore, Kiara asked the House of Representatives (DPR) to urge the government so that it would set a quota of domestic fish consumption.
Sumber: Kompas
Sumber: Kompas
