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Eco-friendly fish farming

Eco-friendly is a concept that refers to actions, products, or lifestyles that have minimal impact on an environment. This eco-friendly concept is based on the awareness of the importance of preserving nature for future generations. So in other words, eco-friendly behavior aims to reduce damage to ecosystems and ensure the sustainability of natural resources. Fish farming has recently become the center of attention, this sector has grown rapidly characterized by various applications of modern farming technologies, namely implementing environmentally friendly fish farming with the method of water recirculation fish farming and biofloc fish farming. This recirculation and biofloc fish farming system is an environmentally friendly closed system fish farming. Recirculation and biofloc fish farming are innovative environmentally friendly methods. Biofloc fish farming: This method is widely used in tilapia farming because it can increase productivity and minimize land use. Biofloc allows fis...

Competitiveness of Indonesian Arowana fish commodities

Arowana fish ( Scleropages formosus ) is a type of freshwater fish that lives in rivers and lakes with calm water. This arowana fish comes from Southeast Asia and is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and surrounding countries.  source : depositphotos.com Arowana fish originating from Indonesia is a type of arowana fish that has the best quality and this fish is in great demand by ornamental fish hobbyists. The Arowana Fish commodity from Indonesia is exported to various countries in the world. The five countries with the highest importing value in 2023 for this arowana fish product are China at US$ 9,159,000 Japan at US$ 492,000 Taipei at US$ 390,000 Vietnam at US$ 390,000 and Thailand at US$ 328,000 Data on arowana fish importing countries with HS codes 03011195 live arowanas ( Scleropages formosus ) other than fry can be seen from the table below. List of importing markets for a product exported by Indonesia Product: 03011195 live arowanas (scleropages formosus) other than f...

How to find out the Indonesian ornamental fish Trade Specialization Index

The Trade Specialization Index is a tool used to analyze the position or stage of development of a commodity compared to other commodities in a region and to be used in analyzing a country's trade specialization related to its trade performance. This index also helps to illustrate whether a product tends to be exported or imported by a country. The calculation of the Trade Specialization Index can illustrate whether a commodity can compete in global trade when compared to other commodities.  Arowana Super Red in Aquarium (shutterstock.com) In relation to ornamental fish products in Indonesia, the previous article has calculated and analyzed the competitiveness and market share of Indonesian ornamental fish in the global market. From the results of the analysis, it is concluded that for Indonesian freshwater ornamental fish commodities with HS code 030111 (Live ornamental freshwater fish) in 2023 Indonesian freshwater ornamental fish have competitiveness in the international market ...

Market share of Indonesia's freshwater ornamental fish export commodities

The market share of ornamental fish products illustrates the extent to which an ornamental fish product has succeeded in dominating the market compared to its competitors. The greater the market share, the greater the strength of ornamental fish products in business competition. In calculating and analyzing the strength of the export market share of ornamental fish products, data on the export value and import value of freshwater ornamental fish commodities in the global market are needed. The calculation of export value data as described in the previous article is for the export value of Indonesian freshwater ornamental fish commodities with HS code 030111 (Live ornamental freshwater fish) in 2023 is US $ 31,807,000, - with a production volume of 1,088 tons.  The import value of Indonesian freshwater ornamental fish in 2023 is US$ 1,381,000 with an import volume of 121 tons (www.trademap.org). List of importers for the selected product in 2023. Product: 030111 Live ornamental fres...

Competitiveness of Indonesia's live freshwater ornamental fish products

Ornamental fish are fish that are kept in maintenance containers, be it aquariums or fish ponds with the aim of being pets or decorations installed at home. Freshwater ornamental fish are ornamental fish that are kept in water that does not contain salt or ornamental fish that are kept and are fish whose habitat is in a freshwater environment.   The potential of freshwater ornamental fish in Indonesia is quite large. Indonesia is the fifth largest ornamental fish exporting country after Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and Myanmar with an export volume of 1,088 tons of live freshwater ornamental fish in 2023. However, when viewed from the export value for freshwater ornamental fish commodities with HS code 030111, Indonesia is ranked third largest after Japan and Singapore with a value of US $ 31,807,000 in 2023 (www.trademap.org).  List of exporters for the selected product Product: 030111 Live ornamental freshwater fish Source www.trademap.org In calculating the competit...

Some weaknesses in the development of tilapia fish farming in Indonesia

The demand for fishery commodities is increasing day by day. The community to increase the need for animal protein, especially those produced from fishery products, is always hampered by the availability of existing fish stocks and also relatively high prices. In addition, Indonesia also has a target to reduce the prevalence of stunting by 14% in 2024. In mid-2023, the prevalence of stunting in Indonesia was 21.6% (www.dpr.go.id). To achieve the target of efforts to reduce the prevalence of stunting, it is necessary to be supported by the availability of food sources that have high nutritional value. The availability of food sources can be obtained from fish. In addition to being produced from fishing, either at sea or in public waters (rivers, lakes, reservoirs), fishery products are also produced from fish farming activities. Fish farming activities that are currently commonly carried out by fish farmers are tilapia fish farming. According to fisheries statistics, the volume of tilap...

Cara memelihara ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi pada akuarium

 Ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi berasal dari Venezuela dan kolombia. Ikan ini termasuk jenis ikan air tawar yang hidup di perairan umum seperti sungai dan rawa. Di alam ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi berkembang biak dengan cara bertelur.  Mikrogeophagus ramirezi (Shutterstock.com) Ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi memiliki bentuk tubuh dan warna yang unik dan menarik, karena ikan ini memiliki warna yang menarik banyak orang terutama penghobi ikan hias mencoba untuk memelihara ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi pada akuarium.  Sebelum memulai untuk memelihara ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi pada akuarium ada baiknya kita mempelajari bagaimana sih sifat kebiasaan ikan ini hidup di alam, karena apabila kita mengetahui bagaimana sipat kebiasaan ikan hidup di alam maka kita akan mudah untuk memelihara ikan yang akan dijadikan sebagai ikan hias di akuarium.  Beberapa sifat hidup ikan Mikrogeophagus ramirezi yaitu ikan ini memiliki sifat yang jinak, sifat jinak ...