Press Release
Develop Fishery Through Merauke
In an effort to support the provision of fisheries infrastructure in the form of a fishing port.
Fishing harbor is needed to support the business success of capture fisheries in eastern Indonesia one of the province, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries through the Directorate General of Fishing together with local government of Papua Province and Local Government make Merauke regency willing Fishing port Fishing port of Merauke as to serve fishing fleets operating in the Arafura Sea and surrounding areas.
PP Merauke is one of the locations of development priorities and development of fishing ports as stipulated in the Strategic Plan 2010-2014 and included in the Fishing Port Development Program Outer (Outer Ring Fishing Port Development) Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and also a potential frontier.
PP Merauke riparian Arafura has 453.67 KM coastline with an average of commodity exports of processed and frozen fish mixture and 244,274 tonnes of fishery potentially a very large land.
PP Merauke in 2006 up from the previous year was preceded by feasibility studies in 2004, a study Amdal in 2005 and Detail Engineering Design in 2006. In accordance with the result that the cost of the overall planning for the development of PP Merauke is Rp. 927,193,810,000 (Nine hundred and twenty-seven billion, one hundred and Ninety-three million eight hundred ten thousand rupiahs). from 2004 until 2010 the cost was allocated for the construction of PP Merauke is Rp. 80,605 .. 284 .. 000 (Eighty-five billion six hundred million two hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars) budget comes from the DAU / DAK for 46,839,643,000 and Declaration / TP is Rp. 33,765,641,000, so the entire cost for the development needs of the PP is still unrealized Merauke approximately 8.69%.
Merauke PP development aims, first, to support the business success of capture fisheries in eastern Indonesia that include the Outer Ring Fishing Port Development and also a potential frontier, Second, increased employment opportunities and services for society Fishing Harbor fishermen.
While the expected target, first, increased human resource capacity, especially the fishing communities in the management of fishery resources in a responsible and gradual decline in destructive fishing. Second, the impact of increased fishing activities in the PP Merauke and to encourage regional economic growth, production, increasing the quality of fishery products and increased employment opportunities and ultimately the income and welfare of the surrounding fishing communities also increased.
Source: Directorate General Secretary Fishing
