KKP: A Total Of 66 Companies Apply For Sea Sand Management Permits For Sedimentation Results

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) said that until now the government has not opened the tap for sea sand exports resulting from sedimentation.

Even so, the Secretary of the Directorate General of Marine Management and Space of the KKP Kusdiantoro claimed that there were 66 companies that had applied for the management of sea sand mines as a result of sedimentation to date.

"There are 66 companies that have registered, we are currently examining all aspects and we are seeing them. However, we have not talked about exports," Kusdiantoro told reporters, quoted Wednesday, July 31.

Kusdiantoro said that the issuance of mining management permits was not only given. According to him, there are many things that need to be studied until the government can issue permits related to the use of sea sand.

"So, we don't have one yet and have never issued a permit regarding the use of this sedimentation," he said.

Previously, KP Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono said that many entrepreneurs had registered to take advantage of the results of sedimentation at sea. However, he emphasized that until now the sea sand has not been exported.

"There are many sea parks that have registered, but to this day no one has been exported," Trenggono said at a press conference at the Indonesia Aquaculture Business Forum 2024 at the Raffles Hotel Jakarta, Monday, April 29.

Trenggono said this was because the government wanted sedimentation results to have economic benefits, but it was also useful for a number of areas of reclamation projects. One of them is Morodemak which will be converted into mangrove forests to avoid tidal flooding.

"That is a model that we want to convey that it is not always sedimentation for export purposes. Right, we also know that there are also many reclamations in Indonesia. In Batam there are a lot of them, and Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) and reclamation will be running soon. One of them is that we ask for reclamation to use sedimentation," he said.

The KKP has announced seven locations for cleaning up sedimentation results spread across the waters of the Java, Makassar Strait and North Natuna seas.

A total of seven sea sediment management locations are spread across the sea of Demak Regency, Surabaya City, Cirebon Regency, Indramayu Regency, Karawang Regency, the waters around Kutai Kartanegara Regency and Balikpapan City as well as the waters around Karimun Island, Lingga Island and Bintan Island in Riau Islands Province.