Prioritize Quality Control to Advance the Fisheries Main Industry

The government of the Republic of Indonesia has chosen the blue economy roadmap as a long-term development goal. Of course, every government agency is starting to move to support the success of implementing the blue economy. The concept of the blue economy focuses on the marine sector, which will certainly have a significant impact on the fisheries main industry.

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, stated that quality control is still the domain of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) to ensure that products from the fisheries and marine industries meet the standards and qualifications that have been determined. To support the large-scale Blue Economy program, KKP has prepared various quality control and supervision measures to maintain the quality of production results from the fisheries main industry. As a supplier of seafood, you can also participate in this program by ensuring that the seafood products you offer meet the quality standards set by KKP.

Quality Control Implementation Must Meet Sustainability Aspects and Advance the Fisheries Main Industry

As a quality control/assurance unit and implementer of measurable fish capture, the Fish Quarantine, Quality Control, and Fishery Product Security Agency (BKIPM), led by Pamuji Lestari, explained that quality assurance is also implemented comprehensively, including in the development of sustainable fisheries in the marine, coastal, and land sectors. Quality control in the fisheries cultivation sector is applied through Good Fish Cultivation Practices (CBIB) and traceability. Of course, quality assurance also applies to fishing vessels and landing ports to encourage an increase in the number of vessels that comply with quality requirements.

Quality assurance is seen as playing an important role in realizing sustainable management and utilization of marine and fisheries resources, “This will have an impact on increasing the income and welfare of fishermen, fish farmers, processors, and marketers, as well as the general public,” he concluded.

Quality Assurance Plays a Role in Ensuring Target Production Results

As a major industry in Indonesia, fisheries are the focus of the BKIPM national coordination meeting held in Sorong. Seafood suppliers must ensure effective quality control to achieve production targets according to quality standards. Quality assurance can help ensure that the quality of fishery products is maintained, meet customer expectations, and improve the industry’s reputation.

The results of the national coordination meeting, which designed quality control and assurance in the fisheries main industry, are certainly eagerly awaited by all marine and fisheries stakeholders, including fishermen, fisheries companies, seafood distributors, and even consumers. By implementing a better quality assurance system, the standard of living of the community will improve, and consumers can get products with good quality assurance.

Sustainable Product Quality Standards are Key for Aruna

Aruna, as a fisheries company that has long applied sustainability insights to advance the standard of living of fishermen and make it easier for consumers to obtain quality fish products at more affordable prices, is also looking forward to the output of the national coordination meeting held in Sorong, even though Aruna has helped fishermen improve their economic standard by creating better quality standards to control capture and cultivation results.

Aruna’s success in implementing sustainable fisheries in various regions in Indonesia cannot be separated from the role of Local Heroes and the Aruna Hub ecosystem because each region certainly has its own local wisdom. Of course, this should be a consideration for KKP to prepare policy socialization on fisheries quality control so that it can be more easily accepted and understood by fisheries actors in all regions.