Indonesia

Overview

Three species are assessed in Indonesia: milkfish, barramundi, and groupers. These three species comprised 98% of Indonesia’s total marine finfish production in 2007. They span the spectrum of performance—from relatively strong (68), to below average (46), to poor (10), respectively. As a result, Indonesia’s country score (66) sits in the middle of the spectrum but seven points higher than the global country average (59).

Indonesia’s milkfish score (68) is among the highest of all performers assessed, largely due to its use of extensive, polyculture-based systems. In contrast, groupers from Indonesia receive the worst performance score (10) of the 44 species-country performers assessed by GAPI. This contrast highlights the suite of performance differences between extensively farmed, low-trophic-level species such as milkfish versus the intensive culture of a high-trophic-level species like groupers. Indonesia’s country score falls to 47 when the cumulative effect of its total assessed production is considered. This is due, in large part, to the generally high density of its coastal aquaculture operations.