Energy of Tuna Industry in Indonesia

Pojok Fakta. Tuna which is a type of high migratory fish is excellent to foreign countries. The high demand for tuna in the world has made the tuna industry more passionate from year to year.

At Muara Baru Port, Jakarta or often also called Ocean Fishery Port in Muara Baru, North Jakarta is able to produce thousands of tons of fish per day. Muara Baru Port Jakarta also has frozen fish processing for export to foreign countries.

Visiting one of the locations in the Muara Baru Port area on Tuesday (12/04/2018), precisely at the tuna sheed transit place. This location is used to prepare tuna which will be traded.

The process of weighing, cleaning, and determining the quality of tuna can be seen at that location. Interestingly, tuna in that place is jumbo.

From starting at 50 kg to 79 kg, it's in that place. The tuna are prepared to be sold to the Indonesian local market and exported to Japan and America.

The Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, wants the policies of the Indonesian marine and fisheries sector, especially related to tuna, to be followed by other countries.

According to the minister from Pangandaran, West Java, Indonesia's fisheries policy has produced concrete evidence.

Susi assessed that Indonesia is very worthy of being taken into account in the tuna business. FAO official data through SOFIA in 2016 there were 7.7 million metric tons of tuna and species such as tuna were captured throughout the world.

In that year, Indonesia supplied more than 16 percent of total world production with the average production of Indonesian tuna, skipjack and tuna reaching more than 1.2 million tons per year.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's tuna export volume as quoted from data submitted by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, reached 198,131 tons with a value of 659.99 million US dollars in 2017.

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