BANDAR LAMPUNG, Kompas – Bad weather in Lampung waters for a month affects maritime commodity. The greatest impact is squid price hike up to 50 percent. Contacted in Fish Auction Location, Payang Fisherman Village, Sukaraja District, Bandar Lampung, on Thursday (1/8), Ismiati, a fish vendor, said squid price hike has occurred since early December. “Since…
AMBON, Kompas – Maritime and fishery sector’s potential in Maluku Provinnce having sea area around 658,312.75 square kilometers or 92.4 percent of the province’s area has not been well utilized yet. The main factor is local fishermen who have not been optimally empowered. “If the government wants to rely on maritime potential at the area…
JAKARTA, Kompas – The government will focus on sustainable fishery management policy. One of the issues studied is fishing prohibition at the waters having 4-mile (7.4-kilometer) distance from coast in several seas which are the part of conservation areas. Maritime and Fishery (KP) Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, delivered the statement in the opening of Abdurrahman Wahid’s…
AMBON, Kompas – Captured fishery business permit moratorium and the prohibition to employ foreign skipper and vessel crews drop fish production in Ambon Nusantara Fishery Port. Its production volume in November 2014 was 6,478 tons but in December, it was only 2,206 tons. “Since the implementation of the regulation in November 2014, the number of…