Antara News·Indonesia·Friday, September 18, 2026 at 01:51 PM

Indonesia strengthens fisheries quality system for global markets

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Rolandus Nampu, Martha Herlinawati Simanjuntak

Badung, Bali (ANTARA) - Indonesia is strengthening quality assurance across its fisheries supply chain to ensure food safety and boost the competitiveness of its products in global markets, a senior fisheries official said Friday.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Andy Artha Donny Oktapura said the system covers production, processing, and downstream activities to ensure fisheries products meet domestic food safety standards and international market requirements.

"People in the world are no longer focused on how to meet food needs in terms of quantity, but on how they can consume food that is safe and guaranteed in quality," Donny said.

He made the remarks during a working visit by House of Representatives Commission IV to the KKP Quality Assurance Agency’s Bali office in Badung District, Bali.

Donny said quality and food safety assurance had become increasingly important as global consumers placed greater emphasis on the safety and quality of food they consume.

The ministry currently operates 46 regional centers supporting fisheries product quality assurance across Indonesia and plans to make them pillars of quality assurance in all 38 provinces.

The centers will help ensure fisheries products for domestic consumption, particularly those supporting the government’s free nutritious meals program, meet national food safety and quality standards, Donny said.

The ministry is developing an integrated and digitalized certification service system, including with quarantine authorities, to improve service efficiency and meet requirements set by destination countries.

“By improving quality, in addition to preparing for domestic consumption, we can also encourage an increase in the country’s foreign exchange earnings,” Donny said.

Bali is receiving particular attention because it is a fisheries downstreaming center, especially for tuna. Tuna from Bali makes a significant contribution to Indonesia’s fisheries exports, alongside other centers such as Bitung.

The ministry has prepared a roadmap for developing quality assurance services through 2027, covering infrastructure development, human resource improvement, laboratory service digitalization, and stronger national and international networks.

Donny said strengthening quality assurance from upstream to downstream would also improve traceability throughout the fisheries supply chain.

“From production upstream to processing and downstreaming, everything can be traced, and this will certainly guarantee the quality of fisheries products in Indonesia,” he said.

KKP data showed Indonesia exported 566,250 metric tons of fisheries products worth US$3 billion in January-June 2026.

Key Indonesian fisheries export products include vannamei shrimp, seaweed, tuna, sardines, Spanish mackerel, skipjack tuna, squid, cuttlefish, octopus, carrageenan, grouper, crabs, and swimming crabs.

Indonesian fisheries products are marketed in 152 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, as well as Pacific countries, Acting Head of the KKP Quality Assurance Agency Ishartini said in a KKP press statement in Jakarta on September 12, 2026.

The ministry expects the strengthened system to help Indonesian fisheries businesses meet international market requirements and expand access to global supply chains.

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