Indonesia aims to become world's largest vannamei shrimp producer
Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is targeting to turn the country into the world's largest vannamei shrimp producer by pushing production to 16 million tonnes annually from the current figure of below one million tonnes.
Ponds at an Indonesian vannamei shrimp farm (Source: Global Aquaculture Alliance)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Maritime Affairsand Fisheries (KKP) Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono is targeting to turn thecountry into the world's largest vannamei shrimp producer by pushing productionto 16 million tonnes annually from the current figure of below one milliontonnes.
As reported by the local news agency Antara, to achieve thisgoal, Indonesia must begin developing new shrimp ponds spanning 200 thousandhectares until 2024. Currently, the country’s annual vannamei shrimp productionis less than one million tonnes, below that of China, Ecuador, Vietnam, andIndia.
"If we succeed in developing 200 thousand hectares ofshrimp ponds, with two harvest cycles of 80 tonnes per hectare per year, basedon an economic analysis, it could generate nearly 1,200 trillion rupiah,"Minister Trenggono was quoted by Antara as saying.
He added that the development also aims to build a strongdefense system to protect the nation’s maritime wealth.
Trenggono revealed that the KKP will also build aquaculturevillages in several parts of Indonesia to boost the economy./.
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Ponds at an Indonesian vannamei shrimp farm (Source: Global Aquaculture Alliance) 
