Minister plans to exploit RI waters

Minister plans to exploit RI waters

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Minister of Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries Affairs Rokhmin Dahuri and five state universities will
discuss ideas to further develop the vast potential of
Indonesia's marine resources during a national discussion hosted
by Haluoleo University in Kendari on Friday.

The minister, who is slated to open the program as the keynote
speaker, will also spend three days visiting a grouper fish
breeding center located in Tapitapi village on Tiworo island off
Southeast Sulawesi.

The short-term economic potential, strategies and sustainable
utilization of marine biology will be the main themes at the
meeting, which will be attended by experts from Hasanuddin
University, Udayana University, Tadulako University, Nusa Cendana
University and Mataram University.

According to the provincial fishery office, the government's
development of the fish breeding center had enabled farmers to
supplement their incomes by exporting fish.

The minister is also slated to visit a shrimp breeding center
in Totitoli village, Soropia district, Kendari regency, which was
built by a local entrepreneur at a cost of Rp100 billion two
months ago. --Antara