FISHERIES SECTOR

INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
PROVINCE OF MALUKU

Based on the unique geographical setting of Maluku, available

of public infrastructure, socio-cultural condition of the
community, and the development target, the fishery and
maritime. Industry in Maluku will be offered in two forms,nl :
1. Production Centre for Businesses of a kind
2. Cluster and integrated Fishery Industry

5. Production cebtre for perl seeds at Aru Island

6. Marine culture centre for sea cucumber at Aru Island,
Siera Island and Selaru Island.
7. Marine Culture Centre for Sea Grass at Geser, Kotania,
Sathean Letvuan, Saumlaki, Babar and Aru Island.

Captured Fishery
Production Centre
1. Centre Production for tuna fishing at Banda, Nusaniwe
Production centre is zone where medium and small scale
Ambon
2. Centre Production for small pelagic fish at North Seram,
businesses Industry of a kind are located, so that positive
Babar, Namlea
interaction among than will occur or can be created.
3.
Centre Production for shrimp fishing at Aru Island
These include some investment opportunities ;
Fish processing :
1. Production centre for Banda salted filled skipjack at
Fishery clustered and integrated Industry
Banda
2. Production centre for fresh tuna filled at Nusaniwe
Based on Regional Characteristic and resource and availability,
3. Production centre for seaweed chip at Kotania, Wamar fishery clustered and integrated Industries which are deasible
Island, Kei Island.
are to be established are :
4. Production centre for salted filled demersal fish at
1. Clustered Marine Culture for pearl at Kotania Bay and
Wermaktian
South East Kei keci
5. Production centre for preserved small pelagis fish at East
2. Clustered Industry Demersal fish filled and various fish
Babar, North Seram, Leksula.
processing product ( value added products) at Leihitu,
6. Production centre for Dried Anchovies Wermakatian
Masohi and Wetar Island.
Geser and Babar
3. Clustered Industry for Carragenan at Kotania Bay and
7. Production centre for dried small shrimp at Aru Island
Tual
4. Clustered Industry for Tuna Processing at Ambon,
Aquaculture
Banda.
1. Marine culture centre for Groupes at Eastern Ceram,
5. Clustered Industry for Pelagic fish Processing at
Aru. Kotania.
Ambon, Tual..
2. Marine culture centre for brackish waterpond tiger
shrimp at North Ceram
3. Marine culture centree for live Lobster at Gorom
4. Brackish waterpond centre for mangrove crab at Kayeli

MALUKU MARINE FISHERY

AGENCY
2 0 1 3

Bay

potencial of marine and

fisheries resources in maluku
province
Maluku Province is geographically bordered, on the
North to Maluku Utara Province, on the west to
Provinces Sulawesi Tenggara and Sulawesi Tengah, on
the East to Papua Barat Province and on the South to
Australia and Timor Leste. Maluku Province is an
archipelagic province which covered an area of
712,479.65 km2 , 93.5 % of which are water
(666.139,85 km2) while land area covers only 6.5 %
(46.339,8 km2) of it. A number of 1,340 islands are
already been identified, but only 4 (four) of them are
considered as big islands, n.l. Seram, Buru Yamdena
and Wetar. While the total length of Malukus is 10,630
km.

Site

FMR
Seram
Sea and
surroundi
ng
Total
FMR Laut
Arafura

Total

Poten
cy
(Ton)
106.000
378.800
83.800
1.200
7.100
9.500
587.000
270.400
50.900
468.700
246.800
21.500
3.400
800
792.100
9.200

Total
Allowab
le
Catch
(Ton)
85.300
303.000
67.000
900
5.700
7.600
469.500
216.300
40.700
375.000
197.400
17.200
2.700
600
633.600
7.400

Fish type

1. big pelagic
2. small pelagic
3.Demersal
4. prawn
5. squid
6. reef fish
7. ornamental fish
1. big pelagic
2. small pelagic
3.Demersal
4. prawn
5. squid
6. reef fish
7. ornamental fish

While for the potency of aquaculture in Maluku province

Fishery potency in Maluku as much as 1.627.500
with development opportunity clearly can be seen in in
ton/year, where all potential marine fishery resources
the folllowing table.
is divided into three Fishery Management Region
(FMR). Until 2011, yielded production from Third FMR
Table Potential Aquaculture as type culture, area and
are aqual to 506.688,2 ton (31,5 %) from provided
comodity
potency, but because the third FMR are also managed
Type of
Potential area
by some other province, so based on study mount
Commodity
culture
(Ha)
exploiting have reached up to 42 %. as shown in the
following table.

Type of Culture

Potential
area (Ha)

Estuary

191.150 Ha

Fresh
water

36.251 Ha

Commodity
Tiger Shrimp dan
Milk Fish

Pond (7.600 Ha), River (3.750

Ha), Swamp (262,5 Ha), reservoir
(27,5 Ha) dan Lake (60 Ha)
dengan komoditi berupa Carper
Fish, Tilapia Fish, dll

Table Potential Fishery Resources with Total Allowable

Catch at 3 FMR

Site

FMR Banda
Sea

Total

Potenc
y
(Ton)
104.100
132.000
9.300
400
100
2500
248.400
226.100

Total
Allowab
le
Catch
(Ton)
83.300
105.600
7.400
300
100
2.000
98.700
180.900

Fish type

1. Big pelagic
2. Small pelagic
3. Demersal
4. Prawn
5. Squid
6. Reef fish
7. Ornamental fish

Marine

495.300 Ha

White Snappers (31.000

Ha), Groupper (104.000
Ha), Seaweed (206.000
Ha), Pearl Oyster
(73.000 Ha), Sea
Cucumber (28.000 Ha),
Lobster (23.000 Ha) dan
Moluscca (29.000 Ha)