We Serve Cephalopods Demand for Global Market
Indonesia, which has abundant fishery resources, is moving to supply nutritious fishery products that are needed by the global community. One of the fishery commodities which is a favorite fishery export product from Indonesia is cephalopods. Cephalopods are included in the 10 main fishery commodities in Indonesia and have succeeded in stealing the attention of the global market, thereby increasing global market’s cephalopods demand from Indonesia.
Similar to cephalopod commodities, the global market’s attention to lobster from Indonesia is also getting bigger. Lobster is considered to have a high economic value, hence why the demand is also increasing. Let’s jump into it!
The Obstacles
Most of the production of cephalopods in Indonesia comes from wild catches. If this fishing activity is carried out continuously without regard to its sustainability, it will one day lead to extinction. It is time for the utilization of cephalopod fishery resources through fishing activities, accompanied by efforts to regulate fishing and aquaculture activities to be able to fulfill healthy cephalopods demand, which includes hatchery efforts and release to the wild.
As one of the important resources in Indonesia, the level of utilization of cephalopods resources in Indonesia is still relatively low when compared to other fishery resources. This is partly due to some of the cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish, and octopus) so far produced are generally still bycatch.
Cephalopods Demand for Japan Market
As one of the countries that have a high level of consumption of cephalopods in the world, Japan needs a supply of cephalopods, unfortunately, the productivity of Japan’s domestic cephalopods sector is unable to meet market demand. With this condition, Indonesia stepped in to try to help meet the supply of cephalopods to meet Japanese people’s cephalopods demand in the Japan market.
The cephalopods demand in Japan from Indonesia is increasing. Last year, Indonesia exported 10-15 tons of octopus per month to Japan. The potential value of octopus exports to Japan is estimated to reach IDR 25 billion by 2022 and still counting.
Sustainable Fisheries
Indonesia is one of the top 10 global cephalopods exporters with an export volume of around 19 thousand tons per year with an average value of USD 98 million/year. Even though cephalopods demand is quite high, sadly Indonesian cephalopods have not been certified sustainable by MSC due to the difficulty of national stock data. For example, the Indonesian octopus is still in the ‘to avoid’ category according to the Seafood Watch List even though more than 60% of Indonesian octopuses as part of cephalopods are exported to countries that require sustainability issues. However, you don’t have to worry because it’s not a campaign or sign that Indonesian octopus is not consumable and low in quality.
The next step for cephalopods products from Indonesia is to improve cephalopods fisheries (fishery improvement project) towards sustainability so Indonesia will satisfy the cephalopods demand globally even more. Currently, a number of parties and institutions are working together to practice the concept of sustainable octopus fisheries management at the fisherman level, so that Indonesia will be able to fulfill the cephalopods demand globally, especially in Japan.
With the explanation above, you don’t need to hesitate anymore to purchase cephalopods from Indonesia, C-Fishery will help your business to thrive to be able to meet the cephalopods demand in your country because Indonesian cephalopods are safe for consumption. By reaching out to C-Fishery, one of the largest and most trusted exporters from Indonesia, we are trying our best to meet the global demand for cephalopods while still striving for cephalopods to become sustainable products. (Yustika)
