Jakarta, Nov. 12 -- Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono has highlighted the country's vast blue food potential as a key contributor to global food security, particularly through the development of sustainable aquaculture.

Indonesia's blue food production - covering capture fisheries, aquaculture and seaweed - reaches at least 24 million tonnes per year, Trenggono said while delivering a public lecture at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta recently.

To ensure the sustainability of wild fish populations, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is working to increase production, especially from the aquaculture sector, Trenggono said, noting that Indonesia's current aquaculture output avera...