Aquaculture in Indonesia

Indonesia ranks as the fourth most productive country in the world measured in terms of gross yearly aquaculture production with an estimated 14.4 million tons in 2014.[1] It benefits from being an archipelago nation with an extensive coastline over 81,000 km long, situated in a tropical climate. The top aquaculture products exported include shrimp, fish and seaweed.[2]

Aquaculture in Indonesia has seen a tremendous growth in its contribution to fish supply in Indonesia, increasing from 10.6% in 1960 to 40.2% in 2014,[1] and looks to surpass the output of capture fisheries by 2026 under business as usual scenarios.

Indonesia produced 490,000 tons of shrimp in 2004, which was 8% of the world production for the year.[3] In 1999, 507,513 ha of Indonesia was occupied by aquaculture, 60% of which being brackish water ponds, 28% being integrated rice-fish farming, and 12% being freshwater ponds.[4]

Indonesia aquaculture regions with percentages of national production
  1. ^ a b Tran, Nhuong; Rodriguez, U.-Primo; Chan, Chin Yee; Phillips, Michael John; Mohan, Chadag Vishnumurthy; Henriksson, Patrik John Gustav; Koeshendrajana, Sonny; Suri, Sharon; Hall, Stephen (May 2017). "Indonesian aquaculture futures: An analysis of fish supply and demand in Indonesia to 2030 and role of aquaculture using the AsiaFish model". Marine Policy. 79: 25–32. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2017.02.002.
  2. ^ "Indonesia's Aquaculture Industry: Key Sectors for Future Growth". Ipsos. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  3. ^ PingSun Leung; Carole Ruth Engle (2006). Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market, and Trade. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 5. ISBN 0-8138-2655-1.
  4. ^ J. Kooiman (2005). Fish for Life: Interactive Governance for Fisheries. Amsterdam University Press. p. 94. ISBN 90-5356-686-4.