Grouper Hatchery Training Course a Success
INDONESIA - A total of 19 participants from 10 countries attended the 6th Regional Grouper Hatchery Production Training Course.

Could Coastal Law Improve Opportunities?
INDONESIA - The enactment of a new law No. 27/2007 2007 on the management of coastal zones and small islands could enable Indonesia to make better use of its coastal resources.

Traditional Fishing Communities Protest at Coastal Law
INDONESIA - Traditional fishing communities in Indonesia have called on the government to drop the law on coastal management that requires them to secure fishing licences.

Government Focus Wrong - Not Cutting Poverty
INDONESIA - A group of economists has criticized the government for failing to implement an effective and pro-poor economic policy despite improving the country's macro economic situation.

Seaweed Farming - The Sustainable Saviour
INDONESIA - As countries from around the world met in Bali, Indonesia recently to thrash out a new framework on fighting global warming, the fishing community here is already adapting to the looming impact of climate change.

'Soft' assistance now key for Fisheries and aquaculture recovery
ASIA & INDONESIA - The Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004 hit fisheries and aquaculture the hardest-hit of all, with large numbers of boats, fishing gear, aquaculture ponds and support installations damaged or destroyed. However, the recovery has been...

CP Prima signs agreement with shrimp farmers
INDONESIA - The world's biggest shrimp producer, PT Central Proteinaprima (CP Prima), signed a key partnership agreement Monday with local shrimp farmers supplying the company's subsidiary, PT Aruna Wijaya Sakti.

CP Prima earmarks $242m to up performance
JAKARTA - The world's biggest shrimp producer, PT Central Proteinaprima (CP Prima), will spend up to US$242 million on strengthening the operation of the company's two subsidiaries in Tulang Bawang in Lampung in order to boost shrimp production.

CP Prima signs deal with local shrimp farmers
INDONESIA - PT Central Proteinaprima (CP Prima), a member of Neptune consortium that manages Asia's top aquaculture company - PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, has signed a key agreement with local shrimp farmers.

New species not a panacea for trading problems
INDONESIA - The Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) is warning about the dire effects that introducing 'new shrimp species' can have on biodiversity, fish health and the future profitability of fish farming in the region.

Shrimp pond expansion is threatening mangrove ecosystem
INDONESIA - Expansion of shrimp pond areas in several countries is threatening the mangrove ecosystem which is the habitat of bird and other animal species, says a top environmentalist.

US Grains Council Sees DDGS Potential in Indonesian Aquaculture
INDONESIA - Aquaculture is expanding in Indonesia, creating an opportunity to increase exports of US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS).

Big scale industry
INDONESIA - According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), almost 90 percent of the world's fish farm production takes place in the developing world, with Indonesia ranking number two in output.

Century old hatchery with positive future prospects
INDONESIA - Built almost a century ago, by administrators of the Dutch East Indies, a complex of 44 big concrete tanks in the village of Punten, near the central East Java town of Batu, continues to be used for breeding fish.

Transforming ocean's wealth into Indonesian prosperity
INDONESIA - The most fundamental challenges facing Indonesia today are a high level of unemployment and poverty, and its declining competitiveness. It is therefore timely for all components of the nation to work hard, productively and synergistically...

RI`s kerapu fish officially free from hazardous substances
JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) said it guaranteed that Indonesia`s `kerapu` fish exported to China was not contaminated by hazardous substances.

Indonesian unit land shrimp giant
INDONESIA - Local aquaculture firm PT Central Proteinprima (CP Prima) and its parent company, Thai agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand - both operating under the Neptune consortium banner - have won the tender for the sale of Southeast Asia's largest...

Battle for Dipasena nearing end
INDONESIA - The race to acquire Southeast Asia's largest aquaculture firm, PT Dipasena Citra Darmaja, has entered the final round, with two contenders -- PT Central Proteinprima (CP Prima) and PT Kemilau Bintang Timur -- having been cleared to make their...

Aid boost for aquaculture and fishing in Tsunami-hit communities
Jakarta - The American Red Cross and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched a new partnership to support the recovery of fishing communities in Indonesia's Tsunami-hit Province, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam.

West Java set to export nila fish to Europe
WEST JAVA, INDONESIA - The province of West Java is to ship a maiden export of nila and patin fish to Europe and the Middle East early this year, Head of West Java's Fishery Services Darsono has told ANTARA News.

Indonesian firm acquires US-based shrimp breeding company
JAKARTA - Aquaculture industrial company PT Central Proteinaprima (CPRO) has acquired Florida-based genetical shrimp breeding company Shrimp Improvement Systems LLC (SIS), an Indonesian official said here Thursday.

EU Team to inspect RI's fish cultivation centers
INDONESIA - A fisheries team from the European Union is to visit some fish cultivation centers in Indonesia between January 22 and October 27 to see whether the methods used at the centers meet certain standards and are safe for human health, a senior...