Value of aquaculture production is still behind compared to capture fisheries. For that, the government plans to encourage the growth of aquaculture entrepreneurs through the launch package and small-scale cultivation medium Entrepreneurial Culture. However, the value of aquaculture production lagged behind the capture fisheries. That’s because farmed fish are mostly relatively low economic value than the fish.
To boost aquaculture production, the government develop and enhance entrepreneurial capacity scale. This is done through the launch package and small-scale cultivation medium, ie, USD 5 million to Rp 10 million per package, which focuses on undergraduate education entrepreneurs. The government also targets this year for the abolition of user charges small fishing completely. However, some local governments refused. Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to the Ministry of Finance proposes to add a special allocation of funds due to the elimination of retribution.
Director of the Institute of Business and Policy Studies Fisheries Ady Surya said, the elimination of user charges should be followed by the eradication of illegal levies on marine and fisheries sector. Value of retribution, such as transport, fish auction, and Pungli, reaching 20-30 percent of total production costs. Expenses charged to the consumer that the price of Indonesian fishery products relatively more expensive than the products of other countries, like China and Thailand.
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