Bali succeeded exporting 2.82 million ornamental fishes and able to produce foreign exchange for about 930.743 American Dollar during 2009. This year fisheries delivery gets decrease compared with last year delivery that was 13.5 million fish that has $ 4.7 million value, said Head of Bali Fishery and Marine Agency, Ir. Gusti Putu Nuriarta in Denpasar.

He said that ornamental fish export derivation value is due to numerous problems such as fishermen difficulty in catching the fish alive caused by the bad weather.

However, it still has chance to get raise in 2010. Gusti Nuriarta added, ornamental fish catch in Bali water as well as in other regencies in Indonesia will be exported from Bali and entering Japan, USA and Australia marketing.

Bali water is actually rich enough with colorful ornamental fish that live with the coral reef under the sea as well as at the artificial coral reef in its several habitat locations. Gusti Nuriarta added that local fishermen in catching those fish still think about environment preservation and avoiding the use of explosive materials.

Therefore, they catch it used plain material such as net which result in small number of fish trapped though with this both coral reef and surrounding environment will preserve as for their habitual sites also.

Ornamental fish export is one of the 47 kinds of fishery and marine selling points that could went through international marketing. Bali exporting fishery and marine product during 2009 for $ 125.2 million and $ 92.9 million in the year before said Gusti Nuriarta.

News by NusaBali