REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) have planned to build docks for freshwater fish landing in many major rivers flowing in several regions, which have a lot of potential for fisheries production.

"KKP will soon build docks for freshwater fish landing," Director General of Fishing of KKP Sjarief Widjaja said in a press conference here on Wednesday.

According to Widjaja, the ministry planned to build and manage docks in 10 major rivers, namely Musi, Batang Hari, Kapuas, Serayu, Solo, Asahan, Mahakam, Kampar, Barito, and Citanduy.

He stated that the dock development would also lead to the building of conservation areas and no-fishing areas in the particular region.

"After rivers, we will also build docks in the lake areas," he noted.

The dock development in the lake areas was aimed at reducing the number of floating net cages scattered in various lakes and ponds in the country.

KKP would later increase the amount of fish stocks as an effort to preserve sustainable fish resources.

A number of rivers in Indonesia have a lot of fish resources. For example, Head of Kapuas Hulu's Fisheries Office of West Kalimantan province, Roni Januardi, noted that Kapuas Hulu district was capable of producing up to 31 thousand tons of fish per year. 

"The largest fish production was sourced from Kapuas River and several lakes in Kapuas Hulu region," Januardi revealed in Putussibau sub-district, Kapuas Hulu district, on Friday (April 7).

He explained that Kapuas Hulu region had 23 protected lakes. Currently, Kapuas Hulu has explored fish exports to Malaysia.

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