#maritime affairs and fisheries

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News focus - Plastic industries call for review of plastic bag ban By Andi Abdussalam

Plastic waste is difficult to decompose and poses a serious threat to the environment. Therefore, the government ...

Year ender - World to rely more on aquaculture for fish supply By Muhammad Razi Ra

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations said the world begins to rely on aquaculture for ...

Year ender - Government poised to achieve salt self-sufficiency By Andi Abdussalam

The main problem that the government has been facing so far in the salt sector is increasing the production and market ...

Indonesia concerns about live reef fish trade

Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti has expressed concern about the issue of ...

Indonesia, Monaco establish cooperation in coral reef conservation

Indonesia and Monaco have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on research and conservation cooperation as an effort to ...

Shrimp becomes Indonesia`s mainstay export commodity: minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has urged stakeholders to increase foreign exchange from the ...

News feature - Embodying Indonesia as leading exporter of ornamental fish by Eliswan Azly

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, where two-third of its territory is ocean, which means ...

Synergy among ministries crucial to addressing marine pollution

Three sea turtles were found dead some 150 meters off Pari Island, Seribu (One Thousand) Islands District, Jakarta, ...

Relevant ministries should conduct synergy to deal with plastic waste: NGO

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) and relevant ministries should carry out a synergy to address ...

News Feature - Time for central, local governments to maintain Raja Ampat`s cleanliness

Raja Ampat has 553 coral reef species, constituting 75 percent of the world`s coral reef biodiversity, and over a ...

Ocean must be protected, preserved for future generation: minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has called on the public to realize that ocean is a legacy ...

Plastic waste pollution serious: Minister

Noting that plastic waste in the archipelago`s sea have serious consequences for the nation, Minister of Maritime ...

Maritime sector may provide 45 million jobs: BKBM

Maritime sector might provide jobs for 45 million people in Indonesia, according to head of Maritime Cooperation ...

Police foil smuggling of 2,609 crabs to Malaysia

Water Police of West Kalimantan Region foiled an attempt to smuggle 2,609 crabs that were laying eggs, to Sarawak, ...

Blue economy creates job opportunities

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is developing the blue economy concept by exploring and exploiting ...