JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) strengthens the production of technology-based aquaculture to increase capture quantity and ensure that all fisheries activities run according to sustainable, innovative, and environmentally friendly principles.
Director General of Fisheries Budi Daya KKP Tb Haeru Rahayu said that his party continues to optimize the role of technology in increasing fishery production, from upstream to downstream.
"The use of technology is not only to increase the number of productions but also to ensure fisheries activities are in accordance with sustainable principles," Tebe said in his statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Saturday, August 16.
He explained that the use of digital technology such as the Internet of Things (IoT) for monitoring water quality, automatic feed, to the provision of cultivation facilities and infrastructure as well as online marketing, has boosted accultural productivity.
He mentioned the flagship aquaculture program, utilizing technological innovation, including modeling regional-based shrimp farming (BUBK) in Kebumen.
"Then there is also modeling of tilapia cultivation, seaweed, lobsters, and crabs," said Haeru.
The KKP is also implementing an underproductive cultivation program in a number of areas of West Java, as well as building Aquaculture Villages.
He assessed that collaboration with the National Innovation Research Agency (BRIN), universities, and research institutions, could encourage innovations such as disease-resistant fish varieties, functional feed, to adaptive and environmentally friendly cultivation technology.
KKP is committed to optimizing the potential for blue food as part of national food security.
Based on Ocean Panel (2020) and the World Economic Forum (2021) information, blue food is not just a source of protein, but also rich in minerals, vitamins, iodine, iron, calcium, zinc, and Omega-3.
More than 2,500 marine biota species have the potential to become sustainable food with low carbon footprint. More than 3 billion people depend on blue food for protein and nutrients," said Haeru. At the same time, 800 million households depend on this sector for livelihoods.
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Through five Blue Economy policies, ranging from expanding conservation areas to monitoring coastal and small islands, KKP strengthens the capacity of fishermen and cultivators from upstream to downstream.
Upstream, KKP provides superior seeds, modernizes the ship's fleet, and facilitates inclusive financing.
Downstream, downstream fishery products and the Gemarikan campaign continue to be made intensively to increase national fish consumption, which is now 25.19 kg per capita.
"This figure is higher than other food consumption," said Haeru.
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