REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BIAK -- The Biak Numfor district government is seeking cooperation with Taiwanese investors in the fisheries sector to establish a fish canning company in the area.

Regional Secretary of Biak Andreas Msen admitted that Taiwanese investors had visited Baik on June 1, 2016, to negotiate with the district government to set up a fish canning company.

"Taiwanese investors were interested in establishing a fish canning company similar to the fish canning plant of Biak Mina Jaya that was operated during the 1998-2000 period," Msen noted here on Thursday.

Msen said the government of Biak Numfor District was urged to prepare land to be used as the construction site of a fish canning plant in Biak Island.

Msen admitted that if a fish canning plant was opened, it will affect the absorption of the workforce in the region to support its operations.

Regional Secretary of Biak noted that job seekers in Biak Numfor District had to be imparted special skills training, so they could compete in getting jobs in local companies, especially before the fish canning plant became operational.

"Biak Island has promising fishery potential, so this business opportunity has caught the attention of Taiwanese investors," Msen affirmed.

After a fish canning plant of Biak Mina Jaya was shut down in the 2000s, it had greatly impacted the job market in Biak Numfor District.

"I am optimistic that regional economic activities in Biak Island would increase again if the fish canning company becomes operational again," Msen stated.

The key agenda of the Taiwanese investors' brief visit to Biak Island was to explore cooperation with the Biak district government to manage the fisheries sector.

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