KKP will reinforce North Sulawesi as a downtown Center for Streaming Fisheries

Jakarta -The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) strengthens the role of Northern Sulawesi as a center of downstream and fishing exports from East Indonesia. During 2024, the province’s export performance recorded a significant value of US $ 172.5 million with an export volume of 27.7 million kilograms. “Leading commodities such as Tuna, Skipjack and Tuna (TCT) dominate exports with a value contribution that reaches US $ 165 million or 95% of total export value. These products have been through the processing in the form of loins, fillets and frozen products,” KKP wrote in an official statement, Sunday (4/13/2025). KKP said North Sulawesi Fisheries Export Products has managed to reach the world market with the most important destination countries, including the United States (US $ 54.8 million), the Middle East (US $ 38 million), Japan (US $ 25.1 million) and Asean regional countries ($ 17 million). Browse to continue with the content “KKP encourages downstream not only for export, but also to ensure quality fish to the dining room table of Indonesian children through a free nutritional program. It is a form of concrete support for KKP in free nutritious eating,” he said. The ministry, led by Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, also ensures that it will strengthen the cold chain as a downstream strategy. It aims to ensure that fishery products are maintained quality and competitiveness from production to global markets. “The implementation of an integrated cold chain system, ranging from catch vessels, fishing gates, fish processing units (UPI), to cool storage and export transport, becomes the backbone of downstream in Northern Sulwersei,” KKP wrote. As part of the implementation of the blue economy and the strengthening of national downstream, the KKP has performed a number of strategic steps in North Sulawesi through the PDSPKP Directorate of PDSPKP, including: • Strengthening Fish Processing Units (UPI) by facilitating the processing of facilities and the capacity of business operations. • Revival of cold chain systems, including the development of cool storage and the spread of effective logistics. • Development of market access, trade promotion and export partnership. • Business aid and facilitation of Cooperative Partnerships of Fishermen and the processing of MSMEs. • Use of downstream results for nutritious eating programs and domestic markets. “The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will still be committed to strengthening the downstream ecosystems in Northern Sulwesi and other regions. So the Indonesian marine and fisheries sector will be the most important pillar of national development based on marine and fisheries,” the CCP concluded. (Ega/Ega) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here