Direct Fisheries Trade Launched from Indonesia’s Aceh to Malaysia

Jakarta, Indonesia | May 09, 2009 by D-8 Secretariat

Expansion of fish trading ports in Indonesia has intensified further fisheries trade between the two countries

The Indonesian province of Aceh fishermen have in the past few months been exporting their fishes to Malaysia directly and have found this more profitable than exporting via other regions, Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported.

“Over the past few months, fish traders in Meulaboh, West Aceh district, have begun exporting fish to Malaysia directly,” said Razali AR, head of Aceh’s marine and fisheries office, said here on Wednesday.

An agreement to sell fish to Malaysia directly was reached after Razali AR organised a meeting between Aceh fishermen and Malaysian traders in Malaysia.

By exporting fish directly to Malaysia, the prosperity of Acehnese fishermen who still depend on traditional fishing methods could be further improved, he said.

Previously, Acehnese fishermen sold their catch to neighbouring provinces like North Sumatra. But selling fish to North Sumatra was too costly, thus causing the fishermen to enjoy less profit.

“Step by step, the selling of fish to Medan could be reduced by exporting them (the fish) to Malaysia. Practically a chain of the fish selling will be shorter in addition to rendering more profit to the fishermen,” he said.

In addition, fish traders in Aceh and Malaysia are eased by the development of technology in a bid to know on line price of fish through the Internet.

The price of fish could directly monitored from ten areas in Aceh such Idi, Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Labuhan Haji.

“We can also update the price of fish every day from other countries like Malaysia, Japan, Europe so that the price of fish can be transparently monitored especially certain fish,” he said.

D-8 will be organizing a Consultative Meeting on D-8 Working Group on Marine and Fisheries as an exlusive event on May 13, 2009 in Manado, Indonesia. The event will be held during the World Ocean Conference that will be attended by various countries delegation during 11-15 May, 2009 in the same place.

Source: Antara, Bernama, various.

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