Upaya Mengangkat Taraf Hidup Nelayan Transaksi Perikanan Harus Ditingkatkan

[:id]Bandung, (PR), the head of Fisheries and Maritime Services of West Java Province, Jafar Ismail said, a number of fishing transaction locations and facilities of fishermen in West Java need to increase of its capacity in an effort to improve trade transactions of fish caught by the fishermen. This is one of the efforts to improve the business yield of the fishermen in West Java which in general at the moment is still distressing. According to Jafar, in Bandung, Monday (6/4/2015), the conditions of the fishermen in West Java at this time can be considered distressing. "The number of fishermen in West Java currently are around 100,000 people. As many as 70% is on the North Coast and 30% at the South Coast. The average income of each family of fishermen is only 2.5 million per month," he said related to the memorial fishing day 2015. Jafar stated, there are still many fishery facilities at the coast that require many repairs, including 84 fishing ports in West Java. In addition, most of the fishermen in West Java also still use boats with small capacity to sea. Such condition, said Jafar, continues to receive the attention of the Government. But many of the shortcomings currently require new management that could only be done gradually. Jafar admits, West Java this year has not received any aid of 30 GT boats. West Java, however, received five units of boats with the capacity of 15GT as aid, allocated for fishermen in the districts of Pangandaran, garut, Tasikmalaya, Subang, Indramayu.. Related to the fishing ports, Jafar confirmed that his party continues to encourage Fishing Ports in Sukabumi to be a Fishing Ports with greater capacity. In addition, the Central Government also bestows aid for the completion of repairs of the Cikadang and Cisolok fish auction locations. Jafar also did not deny that the issues regarding operational capital is still a major obstacle to the fishermen’s well-being. However, he had been informed that the financial services authority is currently ready to provide special credit assistance for fishermen reaching up to Rp 500 billion for the entire Indonesian fishermen. Preparing to Harvest Meanwhile, the fishermen on the coast of Sukabumi are immediately gearing up to enter the harvest season early this year. Earlier, the fishermen are rumored to still experience fish famine since December 2014 in which the weather at sea was not possible to navigate because of rainy season and strong winds.   Functional officer in the field of fishermen control of the Maritime and Fisheries Services of the  Sukabumi Regency, Dicky Riksandi mentioned, at this time the fishermen in Sukabumi are entering the end of fish famine, where the fish harvest that will be in a large amount after a famine are tuna fish and ribbon fish.   It's just that, he said, during the times of famine for almost five months now, the fishermen of Sukabumi Coast are relatively in the same condition since the fishermen of the Sukabumi Coast are  unfamiliar with backup livelihoods in their own area, for example by cultivating freshwater fish.   West Java's fisheries observer, Muhammad Husen said, there are several fishermen earning a living in the city by becoming construction labour. However, in General, on a famine period they live their lives as it is. Mohammad Husen who is also the committee of the Archipelago fishery society said, actually the solution to create an alternative business-based fisheries has already been socialized, for example, the introduction of saltwater Tilapia fish cultivation such as on the beach of cianjur. However the alternative business does not seem to interest the fishermen even though salt water fish have a high share of market due to its delicious taste and differ from freshwater tilapia fish. Efforts to encourage the cultivation of fisheries businesses have also been directed by PT Bio Farma (Persero) Bandung that introduced the cultivation of freshwater fish on the beach of Ujunggenteng. The introduction of cultivating was carried out by Bio Farma’s President Director Iskandar through Corporate Social Responsibility around the year 2013. The Secretary General of the Indonesian Fishermen Union, Budi laksana said, other issues that are increasingly aggravating the lives of the fishermen are the supporting policies such as subsidized solar prices that are uncertain and banking access for fishermen is very complicated. The hike of subsidized solar price currently is causing supply costs through sea to rise up to 50%,”Usually to go to sea would cost Rp 1 million, now it could cost up to Rp 1.5 million." He said. (Handriansyah, Handri Kodar Solihat) *** Source: Pikiran Rakyat   For further information, please contact: N. Nurlaela Arief Head of  Corporate Communications Dept. Email : lala@biofarma.co.id Bio Farma Jl. Pasteur No. 28 Bandung Telp : 62 22 2033755 Fax : 62 22 2041306  [:en]Bandung, (PR), the head of Fisheries and Maritime Services of West Java Province, Jafar Ismail said, a number of fishing transaction locations and facilities of fishermen in West Java need to increase of its capacity in an effort to improve trade transactions of fish caught by the fishermen. This is one of the efforts to improve the business yield of the fishermen in West Java which in general at the moment is still distressing. According to Jafar, in Bandung, Monday (6/4/2015), the conditions of the fishermen in West Java at this time can be considered distressing. "The number of fishermen in West Java currently are around 100,000 people. As many as 70% is on the North Coast and 30% at the South Coast. The average income of each family of fishermen is only 2.5 million per month," he said related to the memorial fishing day 2015. Jafar stated, there are still many fishery facilities at the coast that require many repairs, including 84 fishing ports in West Java. In addition, most of the fishermen in West Java also still use boats with small capacity to sea. Such condition, said Jafar, continues to receive the attention of the Government. But many of the shortcomings currently require new management that could only be done gradually. Jafar admits, West Java this year has not received any aid of 30 GT boats. West Java, however, received five units of boats with the capacity of 15GT as aid, allocated for fishermen in the districts of Pangandaran, garut, Tasikmalaya, Subang, Indramayu.. Related to the fishing ports, Jafar confirmed that his party continues to encourage Fishing Ports in Sukabumi to be a Fishing Ports with greater capacity. In addition, the Central Government also bestows aid for the completion of repairs of the Cikadang and Cisolok fish auction locations. Jafar also did not deny that the issues regarding operational capital is still a major obstacle to the fishermen’s well-being. However, he had been informed that the financial services authority is currently ready to provide special credit assistance for fishermen reaching up to Rp 500 billion for the entire Indonesian fishermen. Preparing to Harvest Meanwhile, the fishermen on the coast of Sukabumi are immediately gearing up to enter the harvest season early this year. Earlier, the fishermen are rumored to still experience fish famine since December 2014 in which the weather at sea was not possible to navigate because of rainy season and strong winds.   Functional officer in the field of fishermen control of the Maritime and Fisheries Services of the  Sukabumi Regency, Dicky Riksandi mentioned, at this time the fishermen in Sukabumi are entering the end of fish famine, where the fish harvest that will be in a large amount after a famine are tuna fish and ribbon fish.   It's just that, he said, during the times of famine for almost five months now, the fishermen of Sukabumi Coast are relatively in the same condition since the fishermen of the Sukabumi Coast are  unfamiliar with backup livelihoods in their own area, for example by cultivating freshwater fish.   West Java's fisheries observer, Muhammad Husen said, there are several fishermen earning a living in the city by becoming construction labour. However, in General, on a famine period they live their lives as it is. Mohammad Husen who is also the committee of the Archipelago fishery society said, actually the solution to create an alternative business-based fisheries has already been socialized, for example, the introduction of saltwater Tilapia fish cultivation such as on the beach of cianjur. However the alternative business does not seem to interest the fishermen even though salt water fish have a high share of market due to its delicious taste and differ from freshwater tilapia fish. Efforts to encourage the cultivation of fisheries businesses have also been directed by PT Bio Farma (Persero) Bandung that introduced the cultivation of freshwater fish on the beach of Ujunggenteng. The introduction of cultivating was carried out by Bio Farma’s President Director Iskandar through Corporate Social Responsibility around the year 2013. The Secretary General of the Indonesian Fishermen Union, Budi laksana said, other issues that are increasingly aggravating the lives of the fishermen are the supporting policies such as subsidized solar prices that are uncertain and banking access for fishermen is very complicated. The hike of subsidized solar price currently is causing supply costs through sea to rise up to 50%,”Usually to go to sea would cost Rp 1 million, now it could cost up to Rp 1.5 million." He said. (Handriansyah, Handri Kodar Solihat) *** Source: Pikiran Rakyat   For further information, please contact: N. Nurlaela Arief Head of  Corporate Communications Dept. Email : lala@biofarma.co.id Bio Farma Jl. Pasteur No. 28 Bandung Telp : 62 22 2033755 Fax : 62 22 2041306  [:ID]Bandung, (PR).- Kepala Dinas Perikanan  dan Kelautan Provinsi Jawa Barat Jafar Ismail mengatakan, sejumlah tempat transaksi ikan dan fasilitas para nelayan  di Jawa Barat perlu ditingkatkan kapasitasnya sebagai upaya  meningkatkan transaksi perdagangan ikan hasil tangkapan  para nelayan. Ini  merupakan salah satu upaya meningkatkan hasil usaha para nelayan di Jawa Barat yang umumnya  saat ini hidupnya masih memperihatinkan. Menurut Jafar, di Bandung, Senin(6/4/2015), kondisi nelayan di Jawa Barat saat ini memang terbilang masih memperihatinkan . “ Jumlah nelayan Jawa Barat saat ini sekitar 100.000 orang. Sebanyak 70% ada di pantai utara  dan 30% di pantai selatan . Pendapatan rata-rata setiap keluarga nelayan  hanya 2,5 juta per bulan, “ katanya terkait dengan peringatan hari nelayan 2015. Jafar menyebutkan, masih banyak fasilitas  perikanan di pesisir yang membutuhkan banyak perbaikan , termasuk 84 pelabuhan  perikanan yang ada di Jawa Barat. Selain itu, sebagian besar nelayan Jawa Barat juga masih menggunakan kapal berkapasitas kecil untuk melaut. Kondisi tersebut, kata Jafar, terus mendapat perhatian dari pemerintah . Namun banyaknya kekurangan saat ini membutuhkan penanganan yang baru bisa  dilakukan bertahap. Jafar mengakui , tahun ini Jawa Barat tidak mendapat bantuan  kapal 30 GT. Namun, Jawa Barat  mendapat bantuan lima un it kapal berkapasitas  15GT  yang dialokasikan  bagi nelayan  di Kabupaten Pangandaran, garut, Tasikmalaya, Subang, Indramayu.. Terkait dengan pelabuhan perikanan, Jafar menegaskan bahwa pihaknya terus mendorong  Pelabuhan Perikanan  Nusantara di Kabupaten Sukabumi untuk dijadikan Pelabuhan Perikanan Nusantara yang berkapasitas lebih besar.Selain itu, Pemerintah pusat juga tengan menguncurkan bantuan untuk menyelesaikan perbaikan tempat pelelangan Ikan Cikidang dan Cisolok. Jafar juga tak menampik jika masalah permodalan opersaional  masih menjadi kendala  utama  minimnya kesejahteraan nelayan. Namun, ia  telah mendapatkan  informasi bahwa Otoritas Jasa  Keuangan saat ini siap memberikan bantuan kredit khusus nelayan yang plafonnya mencapai Rp 500 miliar untuk seluruh nelayan Indonesia . Bersiap Panen Sementara itu, para nelayan di pantai Sukabumi bersiap-siap  segera memasuki musim panen awal tahun ini. Sebelumnya, para nelayan dikabarkan  masih mengalami masa paceklik ikan sejak desember  2014 lalu di mana cuaca  di laut tak memungkinkan untuk dilayari karena musim hujan dan angin kencang. Petugas fungsional bidang pengawasan nelayan  Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan  Kabupaten Sukabumi Dicky Riksandi menyebutkan, saat ini  para nelayan di Sukabumi  mulai memasuki akhir masa paceklik ikan,  di mana panen ikan yang akan banyak pada musim panen ikan setelah paceklik  adalah ikan tuna dan ikan layur. Hanya saja, katanya,selama masa paceklik ikan selama hampir lima bulan  ini, para nelayan pantai Sukabumi relatif belum berubah nasibnya karena para nelayan Pantai Sukabumi belum terbiasa memiliki mata pencaharian cadangan  di daerahnya sendiri, misalnya dengan membudidayakan ikan air tawar. Pengamat perikanan Jawa Barat Muhammad Husen mengatakan , sebagian nelayan  ada pula yang mencari nafkah ke kota dengan menjadi buruh bangunan. Namun, secara umum, pada musim paceklik lebih menjalani hidup apa adanya. Muhammad Husen yang juga pengurus masyarakat  perikanan Nusantara mengatakan , sebenarnya solusi menciptakan usaha alternative berbasis perikanan sudah disosialisasikan , misalnya memperkenalkan pembudidayaan  ikan nila air asin seperti di pantai  cianjur. Namun tampaknya alternative usaha tersebut belum layak  diminati atau dikembangkan para nelayan padahal ikan air asin memiliki pangsa  pasar yang  tnggi karena rasanya  yang  enak  dan berbeda  dibandingkan dengan ikan nila air  tawar. Upaya mendorong usaha perikanan  pembudidayaan pun pernah diarahkan  PT. Bio Farma (Persero) Bandung  yang memperkenalkan  pembudidayaan ikan air tawar  di Pantai Ujunggenteng. Pengenalan pembudidayaan  tersebut dilakukan  Dirut Bio Farma  Iskandar melalui Corporate Social Responsibility sekitar tahun 2013 lalu. Sekretaris  Jendral Serikat Nelayan  Indonesia Budi laksana mengatakan , persoalan lain yang semakin memperparah nasib nelayan  saat ini adalah kebijakan pendukung seperti harga solar bersubsidi yang tak menentu serta akses perrbankan  bagi nelayan yang sangat sulit. Kenaikan harga solar  bersubsidi saat ini kembali membuat biaya  perbekalan melalui  melaut naik sampai 50% ,” Biasanya  sekali melaut hanya butuh Rp 1 juta , sekarang bisa sampai Rp 1,5 juta.” Ucapnya.   (Handri Handriansyah, Kodar Solihat)*** Sumber    : Pikiran Rakyat[:]