Jakarta, Feb. 19 -- The Indonesian government is preparing strategic measures to explore and seize opportunities for exporting aquaculture fish to Saudi Arabia, primarily to serve Hajj pilgrims, a Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) official said.

Ishartini, Head of the KKP Quality Control and Monitoring Agency, explained that the ministry has been included in an integrated team established by Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan to advance the initiative, with a special focus on the needs of Indonesian Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.

She said at a press conference in Jakarta on Thursday that the government has begun talks with the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), seeking a permit for Indonesian farmed fish shi...