Aquaculture in Indonesia

Aquaculture in Indonesia is commonly practiced by raising fish on human feces as in China, India, and Vietnam.[1] Indonesia produced 490000 tons of shrimp in 2004, which was 8% of the world production for the year.[2] In 1999, 507.513 ha of Indonesia was occupied by aquaculture, 60% of which being brackish water ponds, 28% being integrated rice-fish farming, and 12% being freshwater ponds.[3]

Inland waters include rivers, lakes, swamps, reservoirs or dams, fields and ponds.[4] Aquaculture can be divided into two types namely brackish water fisheries and freshwater fisheries.[4] Indonesian brackish water fisheries in the north coast of Java do a lot, the east coast of Aceh, Riau, North Sumatra and South Sumatra.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Roger S. V. Pullin; H. Rosenthal; John L. Maclean (1993). Environment and aquaculture in developing countries. WorldFish Center. p. 12. ISBN 971-8709-05-3.
  2. ↑ PingSun Leung; Carole Ruth Engle (2006). Shrimp Culture: Economics, Market, and Trade. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 5. ISBN 0-8138-2655-1.
  3. ↑ J. Kooiman (2005). Fish for Life: Interactive Governance for Fisheries. Amsterdam University Press. p. 94. ISBN 90-5356-686-4.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ahmad Yani.2007.Geografi. Jakarta:Grafindo.112