Jambi (ANTARA Jambi) - Jambi province will become one of "patin" catfish (P. Pangasius) fillet processing centers in Indonesia, the local Maritime and Fisheries Service said.

"Jambi will be made one of the country's patin fillet processing centers. Based on a decision by the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry (DKP), three provinces have been appointed to become patin processing centers, namely the provinces of Jambi, Riau and West Kalimantan," Head of the local Maritime and Fisheries Service Saipuddin said here on Friday.

The DKP ministry has stopped the importation of patin fillet, hoping that the need for patin fillet at home would be met by the three provinces, he said.

Indonesia previously imported patin fillet from Vietnam, but the import had been stopped to help patin farmers at home increase their catfish production for domestic market.

In Jambi, according to Saipuddin, the patin fillet processing center is built in Kemingking village, Kumpeh Subdistrict, Muarojambi District.

"Based on the DKP ministry's directives, a three-hectare location has been prepared in the village for the processing of patin fillet. It was built in cooperation with PT Indo Maguro, which processed the products. It has been in operation for one month now," he said.

He said that the Jambi processing center was the first to operate in Indonesia. Its official launch will be carried out by the Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Sharif Cicip Sutarjo on Saturday (April 6,2013).

Saipuddin said that the price per kg of patin catfish in Jambi now reached Rp11,000. The presence of the processing center will serve as a fresh wind for patin farmers because the company will absorb their patin products.

"The capacity of the patin fillet processing center will be gradually be increased. The company said that if production is already running well, it will produce some five tons of patin fillet per day," he said.

Data at the DKP local office indicated that the production of Jambi's cultured patin catfish reached 24,827.4 tons in 2012 with farmers reaching 17,448 families.

"Hopefully, the presence of the patin processing industry would provide market for fish farmers," he said.
 

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