Mega opens ornamental fish farm

Mega opens ornamental fish farm

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated the
country's largest ornamental fish farm in Cibinong, West Java on
Sunday.

Citing the country's potential to breed ornamental fish,
Megawati said that the industry could support the conservation of
the sea.

"We need to breed these fish to avoid further destruction of
the sea," said Megawati, adding that Indonesia could be the
world's largest ornamental fish exporter by 2006.

The Ornamental Fish Breeding & Marketing Center, believed to
be the largest in southeast Asia, was built on 17.6 hectares of
land consisting of breeder sites, fingerling pools and aquariums,
and is managed by the ministry of fisheries and maritime affairs.

During the ceremony, Megawati was accompanied by Minister of
Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Rokhmin Dahuri.--Antara