Trenggono: Fish Production Projection for April-December to Reach 10.57 Million Tonnes
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is fully committed to ensuring the public’s needs and availability of animal protein, particularly from the fisheries sector, are well met.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono stated that the national fish production projection for the period April to December 2026 will reach 10.57 million tonnes to maintain public protein availability.
“The forecast for national fish production for the period April to December 2026 projects a total national fish production of 10.57 million tonnes,” Trenggono said during a working meeting with Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He mentioned that this figure consists of 5.42 million tonnes from capture fisheries production and 5.15 million tonnes from aquaculture production.
The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) assures that national fish availability remains secure until June 2026, despite global geopolitical pressures and potential impacts from the El Niño phenomenon.
He explained that KKP continues to strive to meet public needs in facing the impacts of global geopolitics and climate dynamics.
“KKP is fully committed to ensuring the public’s needs and availability of animal protein, particularly from the fisheries sector, are well met,” he said.
Trenggono emphasised that his side is closely monitoring major fishery commodities needed by the public in eight major cities. From the monitoring results, the fish availability status is in the safe category until June 2026.
“This condition (high evaporation) has the potential to increase disease outbreak risks in aquaculture commodities, accelerate degradation of blue carbon ecosystems, and significantly increase carbon emissions,” Trenggono continued.
In response to this situation, KKP is preparing steps to strengthen food resilience from the marine and fisheries sector, such as promoting aquaculture development, improving seed and feed quality, and using more efficient and environmentally friendly technology.
Meanwhile, Chair of Commission IV of the DPR RI, Siti Hediati Hariyadi, or familiarly known as Titiek Soeharto, asked KKP to anticipate the impacts of climate change and global dynamics in the marine and fisheries sector as a pillar of national food resilience.