INDONESIA 



Reliable data on shrimp production in the archipelago are not 

 available. An annual level of production of about 5.3 million pounds is 

 reported. This quantity, it is believed, understates actual production 

 because of the inadequacy of statistical data collection techniques and 

 lack of information from some important fishing areas. 



The bulk of the shrimp are small in size, less than 1 inch in 

 length, and are used primarily in the preparation of fermented pastes. 

 The shrimp fisheries are scattered extensively. Considerable quantities 

 of shrimp are taken in brackish -water ponds. Small shrimp are taken with 

 a scoop net pushed by hand in shallow water, by weirs and traps, axid by 

 a type of fyke net operated in river mouths and elsewhere in strong 

 current . 



The predominant species are of the penaeid variety. They range 

 in size from 1/2 inch to lU inches or more. 



The potentialities for expanding the shrimp fishery are great, 

 since extensive areas of the marshland adjacent to the coasts of Sumatra, 

 Java, and Kalimantan have extensive traijlable flats offshore. The areas 

 are knoim to support shrimp populations which are at present virtually 

 unexploited. 



An exploratory shrimp-trawling operation has been in preparation 

 under aid provided by the United States Technical Cooperation Administration 

 designed to develop the fishery in the area. The shrimp-trawling venture 

 has met with some delay pending the clearance through customs of the 

 equipment required to complete the rigging of the vessels assigned to the 

 program. The first of two model vessels has been conpleted, and the 

 second is under construction. There is great interest in this venture in 

 Indonesia, 



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