KKP Targets Capai Conservation Area Expansion 30 Percent In 2045

Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KP) Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. (Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) targets an expansion of conservation areas in Indonesia to reach 30 percent by 2045.

"We will expand the conservation or marine protection room to 30 percent of Indonesia's territory. Hopefully, in 2045 it can be successful," said Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KP) Sakti Wahyu Trenggono on the agenda of the Indonesia Maritime and Fisheries Business Forum 2024 in Jakarta, Monday, February 5.

Trenggono said that until now the area of conservation areas in Indonesian waters had reached 28.9 million hectares (ha).

According to him, conservation areas are important areas as a starting point in the sustainability of fishery resources.

"Because it turns out, in the conservation area it is a place for natural fish colonialism, and it should not be passed by fishing vessels or commercial vessels," he said.

In the agenda titled Indonesia Maritime and Fisheries Business Forum 2024, his party also invited the Philippine Ambassador.

According to Trenggono, the conservation area in the country is better. So, he wants to learn more from the local government.

"In the Philippines there is also a very good conservation area, not touched by anyone and it will provide a very good natural colonial space. I think Indonesia has not yet reached a level like the Philippines and we want to learn from the Philippines," he said.

In addition, Trenggono continued, this conservation area is also important for domestic investors because it is to maintain the fishery population itself

"(One way) there must be a place of exploration that is not disturbed," he added.

The number of conservation areas reaches 28.9 million ha or the equivalent of 8.7 percent of the total area of Indonesian waters which reaches 6.4 million square kilometers.

The marine conservation area in the country has the potential for seagrass fields to reach 58,000 ha, coral reefs 1.2 million hectares and mangroves to reach 211,000 hectares and 30 percent of the fish breeding core zone.

Therefore, Trenggono asked his staff and local governments together with officials throughout Indonesia to protect the marine conservation area.