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Banten, North Sumatra, and Yogyakarta Special Region are the Indonesian provinces with the largest number of fishing households. Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in 2014 recorded 84,600 fishing households in the capture fisheries sector in Banten. North Sumatra followed as the second largest province with 58,200 households, and Yogyakarta Special Region was third with 58,200 fishing households.
Overall, the BPS stated that there were 964,200 fishing households in Indonesia in 2014. A fishing household, in this context, is a household that engages in fishing activities at sea. This activity may be undertaken by family members or employed fishermen.
However, the fishing population is not commensurate with the vast expanse of Indonesia's waters, which possess the world's largest fisheries potential. A publication from the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education states that the number of Indonesians working as fishermen is 2.17 million, or only 0.87 percent of Indonesia's workforce.
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