REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries has mapped aquaculture production centers in a bid to improve the competitiveness of the marine and fisheries sector, stated Minister Sharif Cicip Sutardjo.

"In a bid to overcome the problems of fishery seeds distribution, we have mapped the seed production centers in the field of fishery cultivation," the marine and fisheries minister remarked in a written statement on Thursday.

The minister noted that mapping has been carried out to make the marine and fisheries sector more competitive and to make Indonesia the world's largest aquaculture producer.

Sharif revealed that the mapping of seed production centers was related to several leading commodities such as vaname shrimp, catfish, patin fish (pangasius sp.), and tilapia fish.