Antara News·Indonesia·Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 07:41 AM UTC

Indonesia earns 25-percent increase in southern bluefin tuna quota

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Shofi Ayudiana, Tegar Nurfitra

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia has secured an annual southern bluefin tuna catch quota of 1,670 tons for the 2027–2029 period, up 25 percent from the previous 1,336 tons, the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry announced.

The increased quota was approved at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 8. Indonesia may also receive up to 1,500 additional tons from unused quotas allocated to other commission members.

In a statement cited here on Saturday, the ministry's Director General of Capture Fisheries Lotharia Latif said the quota increase resulted from sustained diplomatic efforts that began with a formal written proposal submitted at the 30th CCSBT Annual Meeting in Busan, South Korea, in 2023.

He added that Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono advanced the agenda at the 32nd CCSBT Annual Meeting in Bali in 2025 by proposing that Indonesia receive a 15-percent share of the global total allowable catch (TAC), equivalent to around 3,000 tons.

“Indonesia's position is anchored in fairness, our status as a developing coastal state, and the undeniable geographic reality that the country is the guardian of the world's only spawning ground of southern bluefin tuna,” Latif stressed.

During the latest meeting in Brussels, CCSBT members also agreed to raise the global TAC for southern bluefin tuna to 23,647 tons per year for the 2027–2029 period.

Indonesia welcomed the new threshold and outlined a series of measures to strengthen governance of the species, including more robust payback arrangements, enhanced onboard observer programs, and stronger catch documentation schemes.

The government has also reaffirmed its commitment to continuing efforts to secure a larger quota for Indonesia in future allocation rounds.

A highly prized commodity in global seafood markets, southern bluefin tuna once fetched a record price of US$3.2 million for a 243-kilogram fish. Indonesia acceded to the CCSBT in 2008, joining the organization responsible for managing the conservation and sustainable use of the species.

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