Indonesia's Marine Fisheries Production Reaches 546,500 Tons in 2021: Provincial Breakdown

Marine fisheries production from landed fish at traditional fish landing ports (PIT) is spread across 26 provinces in Indonesia.

Statistics Indonesia reports that the total volume of marine fisheries production landed at PITs in 2021 reached 546,500 tons, valued at 11.13 trillion rupiah. Compared to 2020, production volume increased by 0.74 percent. In 2021, the highest production occurred in the third quarter, reaching 156,620 tons, or 3.14 trillion rupiah.

69.69% of fish production across all Indonesian PITs originated from three provinces: West Nusa Tenggara, West Papua, and Southeast Sulawesi, with 299,660 tons, 41,860 tons, and 39,340 tons respectively. Fish production in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) has increased annually, from 141,000 tons in 2017 to 299,660 tons in 2021.

The highest production in NTB in 2021 occurred in the third quarter, reaching 89,390 tons, valued at 1.86 trillion rupiah. By fish type, the largest marine fisheries production landed at PITs was skipjack tuna, with a production volume of 87,710 tons and a production value of 1.23 trillion rupiah. The highest production of this fish occurred in the second quarter, reaching 26,350 tons, valued at 305 billion rupiah.

Meanwhile, the lowest fish production landed at PITs was the Siro fish, with a production volume of 214.60 tons and a production value of 3.30 billion rupiah. The highest volume of Siro fish landed occurred in the first quarter, reaching 71.97 tons, valued at 1.04 billion rupiah.

PITs are spread across 26 provinces in Indonesia. The four provinces with the largest number of PITs are Central Sulawesi (173 PITs), Southeast Sulawesi (164 PITs), West Kalimantan (39 PITs), and Bali (36 PITs).

Meanwhile, eight provinces do not have PITs. These eight provinces are South Sumatra, Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands, Jakarta, Yogyakarta Special Region, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and North Kalimantan. The absence of PITs in these provinces does not mean there is no fish landing; fish landing in these provinces may occur at fishing ports.

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