Susi Pudjiastuti's Track Record From The Beginning To The Current

YOGYAKARTA - Who doesn't know the figure of Susi Pudjiastuti? The former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries for the 2014-2019 Period is already attached to the hearts of the people. So what is Susi Pudjiastuti's track record like?

He was rumored to be a candidate for Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan due to their closeness. But unfortunately it was not proven, right?

It is known that after he stopped serving as a minister, Susi Pudjiastuti did focus her activities on business. He was also active on social media and was observed to often criticize President Joko Widodo's policies. Curious about his track record?

As we all know, this 1965-born woman was entrusted with her duties as a Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries), who is famous for her jargon, 'Drowned'. It is known that this eccentric-style woman was once known as a businessman.

It is known, his business has been initiated since 1983. At that time Susi was still a fish collector. He chose to pursue the fisheries sector, not without reason! But because he lives in the Pangandaran area where it is an area with so abundant marine income.

At first, Susi started her business by selling fish around the Pangandaran beach on a bicycle. The income from the sale of the fish was finally used to improve its business so that it could grow bigger. Over time, Susi's hard efforts finally paid off.

In 1996, Susi established a fish processing industry called PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine Product in Pangandaran. This industry functions as a processing and exporter facility. The ingredients produced by PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine Product include frozen pelagic fish, frozen lobsters, frozen shrimp, frozen demersal fish, and others.

From some of the products produced, lobster is the main product that is a mainstay. Susi after that labeled "Susi Brand" on her products and successfully exported lobsters to the United States. Even though the business continues to grow, it doesn't mean that Susi Pudjiastuti doesn't experience some obstacles, you know!

At that time, he experienced one case that became the main focus, namely the need for fast transportation. Susi has a desire to transport her fishery products by plane. Ahirnya, Susi decided to take a big risk and establish her own airline which is named "Susi Air".

Before establishing Susi Air, Susi tried to apply for a loan at a bank. In about 2004-2005, he finally managed to get a credit of Rp. 47 billion. The funds were finally used by him to build a runway in Pangandaran and also bought 2 units of Cessna aircraft. Susi Air also successfully started its first operation in Medan.

Not only that, the Susi Air plane owned by Susi Pudjiastuti became the first plane to land in Aceh after the earthquake and tsunami. Initially, the plane was planned to lift fish. However, in the end, Susi's plane was used as a facility to lift aid for tsunami victims in Aceh.

Currently, Susi Pudjiastuti's transportation service business has 49 aircraft in its fleet. The fleet consists of 32 Cessna Grand Caravan C208B aircraft, 9 Pillar PC-6 Turbo Porter aircraft, 3 Piaggio P180 Avanti II aircraft, 1 AT802 Tractor Aircraft Fuel Hauler, 1 Archer PA-28 aircraft, and 1 LET 410 aircraft. It is estimated that the turnover of this business will reach hundreds of milliyars per year.

Until after that on October 26, 2014, Susi officially served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the Working Cabinet of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla. Throughout his tenure as KKP Minister, Susi displayed policies that were considered reckless or controversial. But as a result of this policy, there have been many positive changes for the preservation of the Indonesian sea.

As Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, he is known for his assertive actions against illegal fishing. which refers to the punishment of sinking illegal foreign ships in Indonesian waters.

Throughout his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti was known to be a very firm figure in eradicating illegal fishing in Indonesian waters. Susi's name is moreover related to the terms we mentioned above, namely "drowned". The reason is, he never hesitates to order the sinking of ships, especially foreign-owned ships that are proven to have stolen fish in Indonesian waters.

Not only the sinking of ships, Susi's commitment to protecting marine resources is also shown through the issuance of Minister of Marine Affairs Regulation No. 2 of 2015 which prohibits the use of trawls and trawls fishing equipment (seine nets).

Susi also issued a ban on the export of lobster seeds through the Minister of KKP Number. 56/2016. This was done because Susi believed that the export of lobster seeds could cause ecological damage due to high demand from abroad which caused massive exploitation. Not only that, the export of lobster seeds will only benefit farmers from other countries, because the price of adult lobsters exported is very expensive.

Ahirnya some of her efforts can be said to be successful. This is reinforced by a study published in the journal Nature which proves that Susi's policy which is considered controversial and quite reckless is quite successful. This is because illegal fishing has decreased by 25 percent and has the potential to increase the number of fishing by 14 percent and a profit of 12 percent.

So those are some track records from the figure of Susi Pudjiastuti, hopefully in the future figures like Susi Pudjiastuti will be born who have firm policies and benefit the people and state.

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