Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has requested IDR 26 trillion (USD 1.6 billion) in funding from state wealth fund Danantara to support a large-scale aquaculture revitalisation project along the northern coast of Java. The initiative targets the rehabilitation of 78,550 hectares of shrimp and fishponds, to be carried out in three phases. Haeru Rahayu, the ministry’s Director General of Aquaculture, underlined Haeru stressed the project’s potential to generate employment, estimating that the first phase alone could create 40,000 jobs. Indonesia, with its 6.4 million square kilometres of territorial waters, is one of the world’s largest producers of capture fisheries. However, aquaculture has increasingly outpaced wild catch in recent years.Source:https://jakartaglobe.id/business/fisheries-ministry-seeks-16-billion-from-danantara-for-coastal-aquaculture-revitalization# (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Jakarta Globe, 29 August 2025