Governor Zainal Paliwang Calls The Marine And Fisheries Sector In Kaltara Has Great Potential

Kayan Kaltara River/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

KALTARA - Governor of North Kalimantan Zainal Arifin Paliwang said that North Kalimantan (Kaltara) has great potential in the marine and fisheries sector, which has a coastline length of 3,557.65 kilometers with a water area of 776,845.39 hectares. "This is the reason Kaltara has a lot of marine and fishery products such as seaweed, crabs, shrimp and other fishery sea commodities," said Zainal, quoted from Antara, Sunday, November 27. The hope is that the production of shrimp windu Hawai Borneo Tiger Kaltara can be a commodity that provides added value, while at the same time encouraging the economic growth of Kaltara in the fisheries sector. Today we are doing the first seed of leading shrimp fries, Awai Borneo Tiger Kaltara, the hope is that through the spread of Hawai Borneo Tiger windu can help the community's economic recovery," said the Governor. He explained that the type of shrimp that is the leading commodity of Kaltara is blacktiger or windu shrimp. This commodity can still be increased mainly from its area of land and production. Moreover, it is developed extensively, traditionally and does not use chemicals.

Currently, the area of pond land in Kaltara is 77 thousand hectares with a total production of around 7.5 to 9 thousand tons per year. The potential for development, for land area, can reach 149,369 hectares with an estimated production target of up to 13 thousand tons per year, "he explained. Meanwhile, in dealing with various complex problems, ranging from seeds, pollution to predators. The governor revealed that the Provincial Government, in this case the Kaltara Maritime and Fisheries Service (DKP) has taken several initial steps such as the use of quality fry to increase production results. Zainal believes that the use of seeds and quality production facilities is one of the keys to success in the shrimp cultivation process and increases the productivity of ponds. In addition, with synergy and collaboration between communities with Government and Private Agencies, it will be able to advance the marine and fisheries sector, to support economic transformation in Kaltara. "With increasing petambak productivity, then the results can be sold directly to exporting companies, then it can improve the selling value of shrimp. That way, prices can increase and be stable," said Zainal.