The Seaweed cultivation was Increasingly Promising

Labuha, WartaRencana Dinas Kelautan and fisheries (DKP) Halsel made this area the centre of the fisheries cultivation especially quite extraordinary seaweed, his article these efforts of the seaweed cultivation have really been and were carried out by the local community available in four villages in the area of Gane Barat, namely the Island of Resin, Gonone, Tawabi, as well as Kukupang.

Till now the available seaweed harvest in four villages for one year has reached 400 ton in 8 harvest times.

To that has been just dry usually was sold perkilo him Rp 5,500.- Whereas that still was raw was sold by Rp 2500 perkilo.

All this yield terdijual to Menado but was also that at once came bought in this location.

This was revealed Head of Sector Pengelolaan DKP Halsel Samsyudin Hamdan when being met by the News.

He said, in general the prospective seaweed that dibudidaya this was the quality grass kind that was known by the name of Euchm Seotoni.

This crop was really known in the world, but unfortunately had a basis the report on the yield uptil now to the service was assessed not all that because usually direct results in sold outside the area without giving the report to the side DKP. This was realised by him that they (DKP) did not yet place the official of the field in the area of this cultivation so as in a manner indirectly the matter was like this to not terkontrol.Meski also like that, continued Samsudin, at the beginning of April this year the DKP side will immediately place the official of the field in order to controls the development was there good the process of the cultivation through to the process of his harvest later.

During this 2008 the project of the seaweed cultivation will also be developed in three other subdistricts among them the Madopolo village (Obi), Posi-posi (Kayoa) as well as avoided Bacan Barat, so as with the increase in the place of this seaweed cultivation eventually was hoped Halsel will become one of the areas of the producer of seaweed in the North Moluccan Province as well as could compete with the other area in Indonesia (ris)

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