FI:INS/81/008 Field Document March 1990

INDONESIA

A report prepared for the
Seafarming Development Project

by

Peter J. Gaiger
Marketing Adviser

This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1990

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference
1.2 The Current Situation in Indonesian Fisheries
1.3 Potentials for Indonesian Seafarming

2. FINFISH SPECIES SUITABLE FOR SEAFARMING IN INDONESIA

2.1 Seabass
2.2 Groupers
2.3 Snappers
2.4 Other Finfishes

3. COUNTRY REVIEWS OF SEABASS AND GROUPER SUPPLIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND NEIGHBOURING AREAS

3.1 Seabass
3.2 Groupers

4. POTENTIAL EXPORT MARKETS

4.1 Seabass
4.2 Groupers

4.2.1 Hong Kong
4.2.2 Singapore
4.2.3 Potential for Indonesian Sea-farmed Grouper Exports

4.3 Others

5. THE DOMESTIC MARKET FOR INDONESIAN SEAFARMED FINFISH

5.1 Demand Patterns, Consumer Preference and Buying Habits
5.2 The Potential for Seafarmed Finfish on the Domestic Markets
5.3 Tourist Market

REFERENCES

Appendix 1: Case Study of Riau: A (mature) Cage-Farming Province

Appendix 2: Sample Tabulations from Consumer Survey in Four Largest Cities

Appendix 3: An Assessment of Consumer Attitudes to Seafood in a Developing Provincial Capital: Bandar Lampung

LIST OF TABLES

1. Coastal Aquaculture Production in Asia-Pacific Region

2. Thailand: Finfish Mariculture Production

3. Malaysia: Finfish Mariculture Production

4. Singapore: Fisheries Production

5. Singapore Prices ($S) for Seabass in 1989

6. Hong Kong: Fisheries Production and Trade

7. Indonesia: Seabass Production

8. Recent Recorded Aquaculture Production of Seabass

9. Indexed Live Fish Wholesale Market Prices: Groupers and Others

10. Recent Recorded Aquaculture Production of Groupers

11. Demand Patterns and Consumer Preference

12. Jakarta Supermarket Fish Prices

13. Potential Areas for Finfish Culture

14. Number of Cages Planned to Implement During 1989–1993 Period

15. World Production of Seabass (Lates calcarifer)

16. Production of some High Value Freshwater/Brackish Water Organisms in Indonesia

17. Annual Nominal Catch of Some Premium Species of Marine Finfish by Country

18. Per caput Consumption and Domestic Fish Catch for Selected East and Southeast Asian Countries

19. Market Parameters for High Value Fresh Marine Finfish and Cephalopods in Hong Kong

20. Domestic Prices for Seafarming Target Fish Species and Potential Substitutes

21. Sample European Fish Prices

22. Indonesia: Fisheries Exports and Imports