Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The People's Coalition for Fisheries Justice (Kiara) has urged the government to control fish production in 2013 to prevent over-fishing like in 2012.
"In line with Law Number 45 of 2009 on fisheries, the main purpose of fishery management is not increasing the volume of fish production and to deplete the resource," Kiara secretary general M Riza Damanik said here on Thursday.
Riza said the ministry of fisheries and marine resources has reported fish catch production in 2012 at 5.81 million tons or 89.1 percent of the country's total fish potentials.
He deplored the boasting of the production as an achievement saying that the main purpose of the management of fisheries and marine source sectors was assuring preservation of the resources and increasing the supply and consumption of fish protein.
"The maximum rate of fishing is 80 percent of the total potentials based on the FAO regulation," he added.(IGT)
Fish Production Must Be Controlled
Kamis, 3 Januari 2013 19:54 WIB
