New tuna task force

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A new Indonesian task force has been set up to drive the development of the country’s coastal tuna fisheries.

L-R: Saut P. Hutagalung, Director General of Fish Processing and Marketing, MMAF; Yanti Djuari, Chair of AP2HI; John Burton, Chairman of IPNLF; and Rusnadi Padjung, Deputy Assistant for Investment, KPDT. © IPNLF

Asosiasi Perikanan Pole and Line dan Handline Indonesia (AP2HI) was officially inaugurated at the 3^rd International Coastal Tuna Business Forum, which assessed the many potential economic and social benefits of supporting the country’s pole and line and hand line fishery.

As a large archipelagic nation, Indonesia has extensive coastal communities where traditional fishing methods create both direct and indirect jobs for thousands of people. In fact, fisheries in Indonesia employ around 11% of the nation’s workforce.

With the support of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), Indonesia has already initiated a number of projects to support disadvantaged coastal communities that depend on the tuna fishery, including the creation of AP2HI, which co-sponsored this year’s forum. AP2HI is positioned to be Indonesia’s number one industry association, with the aspiration to represent over 75% of the entire industry in the coming 18 months.

The main aims of AP2HI are to:

Gather, unify and act as a ‘shared voice’ for the diverse businesses engaged in Indonesia’s pole and line and hand line industry
Promote a fair, transparent and sustainable utilisation of the resource
Ensure the industry conducts itself in a responsible and insightful manner in regards to both the environment and dependent communities
Encourage and facilitate partnerships between companies upstream and downstream
Drive innovation, transparency and traceability
Represent and promote the industry both nationally and internationally to foster further support for Indonesia’s coastal tuna fisheries

Yanti Djuari, AP2HI chairwoman, says: “AP2HI has quickly built up a solid representation of members from across the value chain, including fishers, producers, processors and exporters for both pole and line and hand line.

“Apart from promoting coastal tuna fisheries, AP2HI is active in innovating the industry to become more efficient and aligned to international markets requirements – including Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. As AP2HI represents the industry, once certified the Chain of Custody will be open to the entire pole and line and hand line supply chain to engage.”