REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DEPOK -- The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has employed a fish detection technology to help fishermen, stated the Central Research and Development Head of the Ministry, Aryo Hanggono.

The satellite technology can map fishery location up to 3 square meters, he said while speaking at the National Science Network Summit (MIPAnet) on the University of Indonesia campus in Depok on Wednesday (3/12).

The technology, Seapodym, can detect various types of ocean organisms such as zooplankton, micronekton (squid, prawn, lobster), and several types of fish such as yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye.

Besides locating fish, satellites can also detect their density in each area. The data with coordinates will be gathered daily or weekly and published on the website of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, he pointed out.

The data will also be delivered to fishermen who go fishing in sea. This technology has been applied in Indramayu, West Java, Aryo revealed.

"The local Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Agency there sends text messages containing coordinate fish locations to local fishermen. It has succeeded. We have received reports that fishermen have improved their catch up to 60 percent and 30 percent fuel effectiveness, " he stated.

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries are planning to apply the technology all over Indonesia in the future.

Aryo also explained that the technology works better on smart phones. "We will make Seapodym app available on Android Google Play Store. Maybe next year, in the first semester, " he added. SDP-59

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