The total fishery production of North Sulawesi (North Sulawesi), until November 2022 is 52,086 tons. As much as 30 percent of them are exported to a number of countries in Europe, Australia, the United States and Asia. Around 30% of North Sulawesi's fishery production is exported to a number of countries, said Head of the Bitung Ocean Fisheries Port, Ady Candra said, Sunday (18/12/2022) According to him, the biggest fishery production was skipjack with 42.5% or 22,114,225 kilograms, followed by tuna with 27.7% or 14,433,400 kilograms.
Next, Layang type by 18.7% or as much as 9,751,644 kilograms, Cob by 7.9% or as much as 4,081,482 kilograms and others by 3.2%. The remaining 70 percent is absorbed by the local market, including for the fish canning industry which will also be exported later, he said. Ady explained that the main exports of fishery production were to the European Union, Germany, England and France, the largest to the United States in the form of frozen tuna for sandwiches.
Furthermore, it is also exported to Australia whose characteristics are the same as the United States, as well as fresh tuna for the destination country of Japan. The Bitung Ocean Fishing Port noted that the largest exports were to Australia, namely 886,781.89 kilograms, the United States (779,955.90 kilograms), France (402,745 kilograms), the Netherlands (329,852.91 kilograms), Germany (164,177.53 kilograms), the United Kingdom. (95,270.02 kilograms), Spain 71,661 kilograms) and Japan (53,844 kilograms).
