Aquaculture Research Agreement Signed
INDONESIA - The agencies of Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry and Indonesia's Universitas Hasanuddin (UNHAS) together with Sirim Berhad, Mimos...

Indonesia Aims to Be Number One Fish Producer
INDONESIA - Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister, Fadel Muhammad believes that Indonesia should become the world's largest producer of fish and fish products...

Indonesia's Shrimp Farmers Want End to Imports
INDONESIA - Shrimp producers and researchers are demanding an end to imports because of the threats of the entry of disease, a collapse in prices and toxic chem...

Indonesia Struggles to Fulfil Shrimp Export Orders
INDONESIA - Indonesia is unable to meet around one-third of shrimp export orders as the result of shortages in supply from the shrimp industry.

Indonesia's Perfect Fish Not Cheap Enough
INDONESIA - During the past three years, the Indonesian government has been trying to encourage the cultivation of farmed fish, rather than catching them wild. One...

High Feedstock Prices Sink Batur Lake Fish Growers
INDONESIA - Recent steep increases in the price of fish feedstock has placed fish farmers around Batur Lake, Kintamani district, Bangli regency, in a perilous...

Fish Offer New Lease of Life After Tsunami
INDONESIA - The deadly tsunami disaster on December, 2004 did not only devastate hundreds of thousands of lives and houses across Aceh Jaya, but also had changed...

Imminent Crisis in Indonesia
INDONESIA - An Indonesian coalition group has claimed that the national fisheries industry faces an imminent crisis

COOL Shrimp Tests Baffle Authorities
INDONESIA - One of the world's largest grower/processors has come under attack for its country of origin testing methods. Customs and border protection have said...

Shrimp Farmers Move from Mangroves to Ocean
INDONESIA - The rapid expansion of traditional shrimp farms in Lampung has not only damaged mangrove swamps but forced local fishermen to seek their catch in the...