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Global Fish Farming News
News from Indonesia
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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...
Monday, November 16, 2009
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...
Thursday, October 29, 2009
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...
Thursday, October 08, 2009
2009 Crawford Fund Derek Tribe Award INDONESIA - Prof Dr Ketut Sugama, Director Seed Development, Directorate General of Aquaculture, Jakarta, Indonesia, and formerly Director of the Research Center...
Friday, October 02, 2009
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.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
QL Resources Opens Surimi Plant In Indonesia INDONESIA - QL Resources Bhd of Malaysia is to set up a fish paste processing plant in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
NACA Announce Grouper Hatchery Training Course INDONESIA - The Network of Aquaculture Centres Asia-Pacific (NACA) in collaboration with the Main Centre for Mariculture Development, Lampung, Indonesia, has announced...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Crossbred Shrimp for Robustness and Resilience INDONESIA - Government-funded scientists genetically developed a more robust and resilient kind of farmed shrimp, IVN-1, by crossbreeding Indonesian shrimp with...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tackling Culture and Capture Conflicts in Indonesia INDONESIA - Three years of scientific and socio-economic investigations have led to the development of new initiatives to aid fishing in Indonesian reservoirs, where...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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...
Monday, April 06, 2009
WWF Slams 'Failed' Tuna Regulations BALI, INDONESIA - A recent meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission has been accused of failing to regulate one of the world's largest tuna fisheries.
Friday, April 03, 2009
Collapsed Dam Ruins Indonesian Fish Farms INDONESIA - More than one hundred fish farmers, grouped together as the Petani Jaring Apung Budi Daya Air Tawar (Pejabat), have lost their livelihoods following...
Monday, March 23, 2009
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...
Thursday, March 05, 2009
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...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Extending Resources to Aquaculture in Aceh INDONESIA - The Aceh Aquaculture Communication Center (AACC) has been newly established by the Regional Centre for Brackishwater Aquaculture Development (BBAP) at...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Imminent Crisis in Indonesia INDONESIA - An Indonesian coalition group has claimed that the national fisheries industry faces an imminent crisis
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Fish Death: Perils of Farming on a Volcanic Lake INDONESIA - 15,000 fish farms that lie on the rim of an Indonesian volcano-lake are being affected by recent volcanic activity. Officials now believe that 7,000...
Friday, January 02, 2009
Ministry Passes 84 Processing for Chinese Exports INDONESIA - The Fisheries and Maritime Ministry will allow 84 local fish processing units (UPI) to export their products to China from 1 February 2009.
Friday, December 19, 2008
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...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
New Species of Catfish Discovered in Sumatra SUMATRA, INDONESIA - Scientists from Indonesia and USA have described a new species of miniature bagrid catfish from southern Sumatra.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Biofuel from Seaweed for Korea and Indonesia INDONESIA - A joint project has been launched between the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)and the Indonesian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Culture, Capture, Conflicts in Indonesia INDONESIA - Phase two of the ACIAR-funded project Culture, capture conflicts: Sustaining fish production and livelihoods in Indonesian Reservoirs got underway...
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Asia Pacific Fisheries Conference INDONESIA - Fishery management problems in the Asia-Pacific region were centre of discussions in a Regional Consultation Forum Meeting (RCFM) which opened on We...

