In a Regional Consultation Forum Meeting (RCFM) the fishery management problems in the Asia-Pacific region were centre of discussions. The RCFM was opened by North Sulawesi Governor SH Sarundajang. The RCFM, the meeting was the precursor of an Asia Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) meeting on August 11-13 which would be opened by Marine and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi, according to Asia Pulse.
According to Sarundajang the meetings between 25 representatives of the region were part of efforts to spur the optimum utilization of marine resources through development and fish catching management as well as fish cultivation. It is said that the meetings were linked to the fish processing and marketing efforts of members of the world fishery commission, and would discuss issues related to enrichment of marine resoruces through the Marine Protected Areas (MPA) scheme.
Sarundajang informed that other important issues to be taken up at the meeting were the certification of catch fisheries including boat registration, boat crewmen, and fishery cultivation methods within the framework of efforts to implement “good aquaculture practices.” Meanwhile, Soen’an Hadi Poernomo, chief of the Marine and Fisheries Ministry’s Data, Statistics and Information Center, told that countries in Asia and Pacific region have good amount of fishery catching and aquaculture products.
