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With 70 percent of its total area covered by sea, Indonesia possesses abundant fisheries potential. Through a number of strategic steps, fisheries production is expected to support national food security.
This marine wealth includes large pelagic fish such as skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna, and frigate tuna. Then there are small pelagic fish, or small fish species that live on the surface of the sea, such as mackerel, lemuru (a type of anchovy), and scad. And also demersal fish, or species that live on the seabed, such as snapper, grouper, and pomfret. The South China Sea and the Makassar Strait are the areas with the greatest fisheries potential in the archipelago.
With this abundant fisheries potential, the government is targeting a continuous increase in production to reach 6.9 million tons in 2019. As of 2015, fisheries production had reached 6.2 million tons.
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