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ACEH NOW SELLING FISH TO MALAYSIA DIRECTLY
Banda Aceh, May 6 (ANTARA) - Aceh fishermen have in the past few months been exporting their fishes to Malaysia directly and have found this more profitable than exporting via other regions.
"Over the past few months, fish traders in Meulaboh, West Aceh district, have begun exporting fish to Malaysia directly," said Razali AR, head of Aceh's marine and fisheries office, said here on Wednesday.
An agreement to sell fish to Malaysia directly was reached after Razali AR organized a meeting between Aceh fishermen and Malaysian traders in Malaysia.
By exporting fish directly to Malaysia, the prosperity of Acehnese fishermen who still depend on traditional fishing methods could be further improved, he said.
Previously, Acehnese fishermen sold their catch to neighboring provinces like North Sumatra. But selling fish to North Sumatra was too costly, thus causing the fishermen to enjoy less profit.
"Step by step, the selling of fish to Medan could be reduced by exporting them (the fish) to Malaysia. Practically a chain of the fish selling will be shorter in addition to rendering more profit to the fishermen," he said.
In addition, fish traders in Aceh and Malaysia are eased by the development of technology in a bid to know on line price of fish through the internet.
The price of fish could directly monitored from ten areas in Aceh such Idi, Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Labuhan Haji. "We can also update the price of fish every day from other countries like Malaysia, Japan, Europe so that the price of fish can be transparently monitored especially certain fish," he said.
Since the cooperation concerned, the demand for fish from neighboring country is quite high, so that local fishermen have to work hard in catching fish as they should meet local demand for fish despite the export demand.
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"Over the past few months, fish traders in Meulaboh, West Aceh district, have begun exporting fish to Malaysia directly," said Razali AR, head of Aceh's marine and fisheries office, said here on Wednesday.
An agreement to sell fish to Malaysia directly was reached after Razali AR organized a meeting between Aceh fishermen and Malaysian traders in Malaysia.
By exporting fish directly to Malaysia, the prosperity of Acehnese fishermen who still depend on traditional fishing methods could be further improved, he said.
Previously, Acehnese fishermen sold their catch to neighboring provinces like North Sumatra. But selling fish to North Sumatra was too costly, thus causing the fishermen to enjoy less profit.
"Step by step, the selling of fish to Medan could be reduced by exporting them (the fish) to Malaysia. Practically a chain of the fish selling will be shorter in addition to rendering more profit to the fishermen," he said.
In addition, fish traders in Aceh and Malaysia are eased by the development of technology in a bid to know on line price of fish through the internet.
The price of fish could directly monitored from ten areas in Aceh such Idi, Banda Aceh, Meulaboh and Labuhan Haji. "We can also update the price of fish every day from other countries like Malaysia, Japan, Europe so that the price of fish can be transparently monitored especially certain fish," he said.
Since the cooperation concerned, the demand for fish from neighboring country is quite high, so that local fishermen have to work hard in catching fish as they should meet local demand for fish despite the export demand.
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