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        "id": 1694540,
        "msgid": "visit-to-fish-market-gibran-wants-fishing-villages-to-be-more-productive-1776869460",
        "date": "2026-04-22 21:25:19",
        "title": "Visit to Fish Market: Gibran Wants Fishing Villages to Be More Productive",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Vice President Gibran Rakabuming visited a fish market in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, to inspect the Merah Putih Fishing Village project, which aims to address key challenges faced by fishermen such as access to fuel, cold storage, fish prices, and distribution chains. He praised existing facilities like ice factories and cold storage but highlighted the need for further improvements, including solar energy adoption and fish processing industries to add value and reduce waste. As a pilot initiative, the project is intended to boost productivity in coastal areas, alleviate poverty, and serve as a model for replication in other fishing-dependent regions.",
        "content": "<p>Raja Ampat, CNBC Indonesia - Vice President Gibran Rakabuming made an\nimpromptu visit to the fish market as part of his working visit to Raja\nAmpat Regency, Southwest Papua, on Wednesday (22\/4\/2026). In addition to\ndialoguing with traders, he also inspected the Merah Putih Fishing\nVillage, which is located adjacent to the fish market.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President wants to ensure that the Merah Putih Fishing\nVillage, which will begin operations in May, can truly address the\nclassic issues faced by fishermen: access to fuel, cold storage, fish\nprices, and distribution chains.<\/p>\n<p>While appreciating the addition of existing facilities such as ice\nfactories and cold storage, the Vice President also acknowledged that\nthere are still several shortcomings that need to be evaluated and\ncompleted immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is already much better than before, but there is still much\nthat needs to be improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Vice President also encouraged further development\nsuch as the use of solar energy (solar cells), the construction of fish\nprocessing and canning industries, to increase the added value of marine\nproducts and prevent waste.<\/p>\n<p>The Merah Putih Fishing Village in Raja Ampat is a pilot project that\ncan be replicated in other regions that rely on capture fisheries as a\ndriver of the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President hopes that government intervention through fishing\nvillage infrastructure can increase their productivity, which in turn\ncan alleviate poverty problems in coastal areas.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/visit-to-fish-market-gibran-wants-fishing-villages-to-be-more-productive-1776869460",
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