Vice President Ma'ruf Flying 1 Hour 20 Minutes To Surabaya Present Asia-Pacific Aquaculture 2024

Illustration of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin undergoing akunker. (doc Setkab)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin left for Surabaya, East Java (East Java). The vice president is scheduled to attend the opening of a fishery cultivation event for Asian Pacific countries, Asia-Pacific Aquaculture 2024 which will be held in Surabaya tomorrow Thursday, July 4.

The vice president, accompanied by Wury Ma'ruf Amin, took off using a special Boeing 737-400 Indonesian Air Force presidential plane from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, Wednesday afternoon July 3, to Juanda International Airport, Surabaya.

With a travel time of about 1 hour 20 minutes, the Vice President and his entourage are expected to arrive in Surabaya at 15.20 WIB.

The next day, the Vice President accompanied by Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono attended the opening of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Aquaculture (APA) at the Grand City Convention & Exhibition Hall Surabaya.

Meanwhile, Indonesia was again chosen to host (APA) 2024 because Indonesia is one of the largest producers of fishery products, especially aquaculture, so that Indonesia can become a country that attracts investors in the fisheries sector, especially from abroad.

On the previous occasion, the organizer of APA, Iwan Sutanto, said that APA 2024 is the biggest accumulation international exhibition and conference in Indonesia. Indonesia also successfully held APA in 2016.

"For the success of APA 2016, Indonesia will again have the honor of hosting it in 2024," said Iwan.

The 2024 APA is organized by the World Aquaculture Society as a collaboration with the Directorate General of Aquaculture KKP, and PT Tirta Anugrah Agung.

The theme carried in APA 2024 is 'Aquaculture - Driving the Blue Economy'. Later, APA will present various exhibitions as well as speakers both local and international, to present the latest information and technology related to the development of the aquatic industry.