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Government to hand over 373 fishing boats this month
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Several workers build fishing boats in Langsa, Aceh, which have been purchased by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to be distributed to fishermen. (Antara/Syifa Yulinnas)
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he Indonesian government is set to hand over 373 fishing boats to fishermen cooperatives this month in an effort to boost their catches, said the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry’s fish catch director general Sjarief Wijaya in Jakarta on Thursday.
He said the ministry would distribute 782 fishing boats this year.
“We have distributed 151 fishing boats. The construction of another 373 boats will be finished next week or by late November. While the remaining 258 boats will be finished in December,” said Sjarief as reported by kompas.com.
Read also: Indonesia sinks 17 more fishing shipsOperational permits for the boats had been obtained from the relevant institutions, he added.
This year, the government has allocated Rp 390 billion (US$21.88 million) to procure the fishing boats measuring 5 gross tonnage (GT) (243 units), 5 GT (384 units), 10 GT (134 units), 20 GT (15 units) and 30 GT (six units).
Sjarief said the boats would be distributed to 235 fishermen cooperatives in 122 regencies and cities that had been verified by teams coordinated by the ships and fishing equipment directorate at the ministry.
“The ships are under construction. By the end of December, all ships will have been distributed,” he stressed. (bbn)
