Indonesia Exports 3,800 Tons Of Shark Meat

Jumat, 8 September 2017 00:33 WIB

Kepala Subseksi Pemberdayaan dan Pelestarian Ditjen Pengelolaan Ruang Kaut KKP, Jumadi P melakukan sosialisasi larangan penangkapan ikan hiu dan pari di Kabupaten Batang. (Foto: ANTARAJATENG.COM/Kutnadi)

Batang, C Java, ANTARA JATENG - Indonesia has exported 3,800 tons of shark meat, 1,350 tons of shark fin, and 375 tons of shark bones to several countries, according to Directorate General of Sea Spatial Management of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

"The shark meat, shark fin, and shark bones were among others exported to Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, United States of America, Peru, and Russia," Jumadi Parluhutan, head of the Empowerment and Conservation Subsection of Directorate General of Sea Spatial Management of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, said here on Thursday.

Apart from that, Indonesia exported live sharks particularly to Spain and Abu Dabi, Jumadi explained, without saying the volume of the live sharks export.

In addition, Indonesia sent shark bones to Australia and New Zealand, to be processed into the sweetened condensed milk industry or canned milk.

Indonesia has 117 species of sharks and 97 species of stingrays and based on Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data, Indonesia is ranked first in the world`s 10 largest shark producing countries.

Nevertheless, export of several species of sharks are prohibited because they are protected by the government.

"Therefore, we ask fishermen and boat owners to avoid catching the protected species for sale," he added.