KKP Ensures National Fish Availability Is Sufficient During Ramadan And Eid 2024

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) said the national availability of fish during Ramadan until Eid 2024 was sufficient.

This is based on data on the analysis of needs that are estimated to demand fish during March and April 2024 to reach 2.46 million tons, while the supply of fish within that period is estimated at 3.10 million tons. "The fish stock is safe. We estimate that there will be an increase in demand of 10 percent during Ramadan and 20 percent during Eid al-Fitr," said Director General of Strengthening Competitiveness for Marine and Fishery Products (PDSPKP) KKP Budi Sulistiyo in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Thursday, March 7. The increase, he added, shows the high enthusiasm of the community to consume fish during Ramadan.

In addition to being easy to process and the affordable price, fish are also easy to find in various markets and have extraordinary nutritional ingredients that are beneficial for health. Budi explained the results of data collection in the field for about 200 frozen warehouses in the last two months showing safe stock.

In fact, in early January the frozen warehouse nationally experienced a buildup of supplies with an occupancy rate of 70-100 percent and prices decreased. However, currently, the supply is distributed in line with increasing demand ahead of Ramadan, so the occupancy rate of frozen warehouses is around 50-80 percent with prices returning to normal and relatively stable. The stock of national catch fish stored in frozen warehouses when monitoring was dominated by lemadang by 34.20 percent, followed by 21.74 percent kerapu, 6.90 percent tuna, 4.11 percent migration, 3.06 percent kite, 2.72 percent squid, 2.71 percent big, 2.71 percent cacalang and 1.86 percent bandeng.

The average price of the fish per kg is Rp27,444 in lemadang, Rp61,854 inscription, Rp49,259 in tuna, Rp14,987 infertile, Rp18,760 in fly, Rp64,923 in squid, Rp60,082 kg in size, and Rp30,024. Meanwhile, the cultivation fish are also in demand during Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, namely shrimp, milkfish, gurameh, and nila. "So, the current condition of fish stock entering Ramadan until Eid can be believed to be sufficient at affordable and stable prices," he concluded.