REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMFA), will continue to increase exports of fish products and boost commercial fishing in an effort to expand the fishery industries at home. According to MMFA Secretary General Sjarief Widjaja, the ministry set a production target of 20.95 million tons of fish this year, with an expected export of 5.65 billion USD.

"The production target consists of 6.08 million tons of catch fish and 13.97 million tons of cultured fish," Widjaja said in a written statement earlier.

He said that to meet the goals, the MMFA had set a number of top priorities in its fishery production programs in 2014. It is seeking fish consumption at 38 kg per capita per year, a fishery gross domestic production (GDP) increase by 7.25 percent and an export target of 5.65 billion USD or increases from fish exports in 2013 that stood at 4.9 billion USD. Fisheries export value in 2013 also increased, if compared to previous years.

"Compared to the 2011-2012 fish export statistics, fisheries products had significant increased, with a percentage growth of 11.62 percent," said Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sharif Cicip Sutardjo, at an editors meeting on January 8, 2014 and quoted by infopublik.org 

"The data shows that the 2012 fisheries trade balance achieved a surplus of 3.52 billion USD, or 81.11 percent from total import trade transactions, while the national trade balance suffered 1.33 billion USD deficit," he said.

According to data at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), Indonesias fishery exports in 2010 stood at 2.86 billion USD. These had risen to 3.52 billion USD in 2011 and 3.85 billion USD in 2012.

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