Good News From West Sulawesi, Three Fishery Commodities Encouraged For Regional Economic Development

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JAKARTA - The West Sulawesi government develops three fishery commodities to spur regional economic development from the maritime sector.

"There are three fisheries commodities in West Sulawesi that are guarded and developed, namely the commodity of flying fish, skipjack and tuna," said Head of the Marine and Fisheries Office of West Sulawesi Province, Fadli Syamsuddin, as reported by Antara, Thursday, April 1.

The production of these three commodities is promising to be developed in West Sulawesi because it has proven to be a determinant of inflation in West Sulawesi.

"That means that the production of these commodities is high because they have penetrated the market, such as restaurants in various regions in Indonesia," he said.

The West Sulawesi government continues to strive to maintain the quality of tuna exports in West Sulawesi so that it remains attractive to the international market.

"The West Sulawesi government must maintain its tuna exports, so that it is still attractive to foreign countries such as Japan, and it must also be made in eight hours that Sulbar tuna must be in Japan so that the quality remains good," he said.

If the results of Sulbar tuna production have also penetrated the market in a number of regions in Indonesia.

The maritime sector in West Sulawesi promises to be managed because the Sulbar sea is very wide reaching 700 kilometers and can develop the regional economy.

So that the government will also strive to build the economy of coastal communities so that it can be more optimal in managing the fisheries sector.