Buleleng regency has pledged to develop marine and coastal areas as the island’s major fishery breeding center by the year 2027.
Starting November this year, private firm PT Philips Seafood Indonesia has planned to export 1 ton of snapper to various destinations in Europe.
Buleleng Fishery office head Nyoman Sutrisna told The Jakarta Post that the company has built four cages in Pegametan waters in Gerokgak village, some 20 kilometers west of Singaraja.
The local administration has set up cooperation with PT Philips Seafood Indonesia to install 17 cages in the near future to breed snappers.
“It is expected that we will start harvesting the fish by November this year,” Sutrisna said.
Buleleng has huge marine potential, he said, adding that the multi-billion rupiah investment is expected to encourage the fishery industry in Buleleng and other parts of Bali.
A number of foreign investors have run fishery businesses here, including a pearl breeding center.
Bali is also well-known as an exporter of tuna, shrimp and other marine products. The products are mostly shipped to Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, the United States and European countries.
The Buleleng administration has also sent its officials to conduct a comparative study to Norway before signing the joint agreement with PT Philips Seafood Indonesia.
Gerokgak has been designated as a marine development area.
A Fishery Research and Development Center located in the village od in Gondol has regularly monitored the quality of water and fish in Bali waters.
For the first-stage of the project, the company has installed four cages, measuring 10 to 20 meters in width and 10 meters in depth.
Each cage can breed 20,000 baby snappers, with a risk of 25 percent of the baby snappers perishing during the breeding period.
Alit Kartarahardja, The Jakarta Post, Singaraja, North Bali | Mon, 07/04/2011 11:14 PM
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