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Article: INDUSTRY OF TUNA AND CAKALANG (SKIPJACK) STILL ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS
- Article from:
- Indonesian Commercial Newsletter
- Article date:
- July 22, 1991
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Tuna and skipjack are commodities with good market potentials, especially in the export market. Indonesia's fish production has been continuously increasing at significant rates. In 1985, for example, the production of sea fish and Fresh war fish reached 2,396 thousand tons, and this figure rose by 5.5% to 2,530 thousand tons in 1986.
The following year, Indonesia's fish production increased quite substantially. In 1989, it reached 3,026 thousand tons, up 4.9% from the previous year's level of 2,882 thousand tons. Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Fishery has estimated Indonesia's 1990 fish production at 3,169 thousand tons.
The production of fish has been ...