Having High Export Value, KKP Collaborates With Fishermen's Communication Forum To Strengthen Rajungan Marketing

View the crab for exports in one of the fish processing units located in Cirebon. (Doc. ANTARA/ (HO-KKP)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) cooperates with the Rajungan Nusantara Fisherman Communication Forum and the Fishlog startup to strengthen the marketing of fishermen's catchments. Meanwhile, the Rajungan Jepara Communication Forum (Forkom) is a collection of RAjungan fishermen who capture and sell rajungan to collectors. "From the upstream side, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has accompanied fishermen to implement sustainable catching," said Director General of Competitiveness for Marine and Fishery Products (PSDKP) KKP Budi Sulistiyanto in Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Monday, March 11. Passing a memorandum of understanding between the Directorate General of PDSPKP and Forkom and Fishlog, Budi ensures the presence of KKP in institutional strengthening facilitation and market access, especially to bridge in obtaining fairer and more transparent prices. In addition, together with SFP and Fishlog are facilitating Forkom in developing Rajungan businesses that meet quality security and security systems of fishery products. Furthermore, providing assistance in developing business ecosystems, including building networks to financial institutions and marketing. "Through this scheme, it is hoped that communal-based business patterns will be formed," he also said.

He said that Forkom is a platform for crab fishermen who are committed to implementing sustainable arrest principles. Various efforts have been made by Forkom, including using environmentally friendly fishing gear (such as bubu), avoiding catching or returning caught small stalls, imprisonment of eggs that were caught, and recording catch data. Meanwhile, this commodity provides a livelihood for around 90,000 Rajungan fishermen and 180,000 peelers who process the feeder.