94 Percent Of Uncertified Fishing Boat Crews, Observer: KKP Needs Hard Work

Illustration of a fishing boat. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Marine Observer and Executive Director of the Center for Maritime Studies for Humanity Abdul Halim acknowledged the importance of hard work in providing the certification needed for the crew of fishing vessels in various regions.

"The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) needs to work hard to resolve this," said Abdul Halim, quoted from Antara, Thursday, June 2.

Abdul Halim said that this was related to the findings of the study at the Muara Baru Ocean Fishery Port, Jakarta, most or 94 percent of the crew on domestic fishing vessels had not been certified as a prerequisite for working at sea.

Abdul Halim assessed that the findings were not surprising and reflected actual field conditions.

According to him, the training carried out by various relevant agencies sometimes misses the results shown from the training.

So that the existing training must be continuously monitored and focused on what can be useful for the trainees such as certification to go to sea.

For your information, related to coastal community training activities, KKP has trained 600 fishermen to support the success of priority programs for the national marine and fisheries sector such as Kampung Nelayan Maju (Kalaju), scalable fishing, and alternative livelihoods for fishermen.

"This training is one of the efforts to realize the KKP priority program, in this case Kalaju and measurable fishing," said Head of the Research and Human Resources Agency for Marine and Fisheries (BRSDM) I Nyoman Radiarta.

He said the Kalaju Program was an effort to create a blue economy, in support of national economic development through the marine and fisheries sector.

For that, he said, the community needs to be supported with qualified competencies, so as to support the productivity of fishermen, which leads to an increase in sustainable production results.

BRSDM through the Marine and Fisheries Training and Extension Center (Puslatluh KP) held training for fishing communities in various regions.

Most recently, Puslatluh KP through the Ambon Fisheries Training and Extension Center (BPPP) held two online trainings for fishermen in the third and fourth weeks of May 2022.

These activities consisted of Training on Maintenance and Repair of Outboard Motors with 272 participants, and Fishing Training with Fishing Rods, which were attended by 328 people.

Meanwhile, the Head of the KP Center for Education and Culture, Lilly Aprilya Pregiwati, emphasized that the training has the potential as an alternative economic opportunity for fishermen besides going to sea.

For example, by utilizing knowledge from training to open a ship engine maintenance workshop or open a business selling fishing gear.