Scientists in Malaysia have recommended ways to sustainably farm tilapia, which is an important resource for the country’s freshwater fish requirements
Aquaculture
Indonesia signs MoU with China to develop its fisheries sector

The Chinese province is likely to develop lobster farming in Indonesias NTB. (Image source: soultga/sxc.hu)
Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province has plans to work with China’s Zhejiang provincial administration to develop NTB’s maritime and fisheries sector
Indonesia adopts tuna harvest strategy

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic nation, contributing more than 15 per cent of global tuna production. (Image source: Katkat/Pixabay)
Indonesia has launched a programme to develop harvest strategies for its tropical tuna fisheries in archipelagic waters to ensure that the resources are managed sustainably and used optimally
Shrimp shells yield solar power, reveals research
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Engineering and Materials Science have extracted a product from shrimp cells, which was applied on zinc-oxide nano rods to make solar cells
Aquaculture production in Indonesia set to hit 18mn tonnes this year

Indonesia is free of Early Mortality Syndrome until now. (Image source: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay)
One of the largest producers of aquaculture, Indonesia’s production target is set at around 18mn tonnes in 2015