“Even though Catfish is the cheapest, it
has a lot of animal protein,” he said after a meeting at his office,
Jakarta, Thursday (29/01/2015).
Moreover, Indroyono said that catfish
has been well known even to the European continent. “We can sell to
Europe,” he added. Besides catfish, he also would make other fisheries
commodities such as shrimp, grouper, red snapper, tilapia and catfish as
the main commodity.
He also said that the government has
targeted Indonesian aquaculture production should reach 31.3 million
tons. To achieve these targets, the government must meet a few things
that could support aquaculture. For the cultivation needs 7 things that
must be met, namely, location, seed, feed, medicine, technology and
markets. (Amd / NRM)