"Around 80 percent of the resources have remained untapped," head of the Marine and Fishery Research and Development Center Achmad Poernomo said here on Sunday.
The natural wealth have not been sufficiently exploited and developed for scientific and technology innovation, Achmad Poernomo.
Therefore, before the full implementation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)the marine and fishery scientific and technology innovation should be optimized to shore up the countrys competitiveness, he said.
He said there are a number of strategies needed to support the policy including strengthening marine and fisheries research, improving the availability of human resources for science and technology as well as social engineering innovation
In addition, it is also needed strengthening the marine scientific and technology innovation networks and improvement of the peoples awareness of national scientific and technology innovation.
Indonesia has established cooperation with France in the application of the program of infrastructure development for oceanographic space (INDESO) which has been ready for full commissioning to monitor condition in the Indonesian water territory.
"The project of cooperation between the governments of Indonesia and France is the first technology innovation in Indonesia adopting the operational system of oceanography," Minister for Marine and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti said.
The minister said development of the infrastructure of INDESO constituted the latest innovation of world class of the ministry expected to trigger a regional revolution in marine science and technology .
She said INDESO also constituted a new paradigm in the management of marine and fisheries resources in the country sustainable and competitive.(*)
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