PT Perikanan Indonesia Ready To Meet Fish Needs Ahead Of Eid

Fisheries (photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - Member of ID FOOD, PT Perikanan Indonesia expressed its readiness to meet the availability of foodstuffs. Especially, the supply of fish to the community during Ramadan and approaching Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijri or Lebaran 2024.

"The company ensures that the stock or availability of public fish is safe ahead of the National Religious Holidays (HBKN)," said PT Perikanan Indonesia Operations Director Fajar Widisasono quoting Antara.

Fajar explained that the number of fish stocks in PT Perikanan Indonesia as of March 19, 2024 was 1,300 tons. This fish stock is stored in 12 branches and 21 units of the area spread across Indonesia.

The availability of fish includes daily household consumption fish such as tuna, octopus, bloating, kite, deho, salem, skipjack, baby tuna and milkfish.

"The fish stock is ensured to be safe because we take advantage of the momentum of the fish harvest season which is still ongoing today by stocking fish produced by fishermen," he said.

According to him, the condition of food stocks in the fisheries sector in Ramadan 2024 is much better than in previous years because domestic fish production has greatly increased in the last two months.

This condition can be seen from the full average cold storage capacity, especially in every fishery center along the island of Java.

Fajar added that the phenomenon of market demand for fish in Ramadan and before Eid increased from usual. This is due to the community's need for healthy food stocks, namely 4 healthy and 5 perfect to support the implementation of Ramadan worship.

The fish are a substitute protein menu for beef and chicken, so they don't get bored.

"The increase in demand for fishery products during Ramadan and ahead of Eid is 20 percent to 30 percent from the previous months, especially pelagic fish," he said.

Pelagic fish, he continued, are in great demand by the public because they can be processed into various food variations such as abon, presto, pindang, smoke fish, fish rendang or abon.

The ones that include pelagic fish are skipjack tuna, tuna, tuna, kelung, kites, marlin, diesel and so on.

This request, he said, could still be accommodated by the existence of abundant stocks. That way, people do not need to panic about the availability of fish during Ramadan and ahead of Eid.

The surge in demand is spread evenly on the island of Java and Eastern Indonesia, such as Makassar, North Maluku to Papua.

Fajar added that PT Perikanan Indonesia has taken preventive steps to maintain the availability of food stocks as much as possible to purchase fish from all working areas.

This is intended so that if the condition of fishermen's catches decreases, the stock of fish in storage warehouses can still be available.