Two fish ports to build Jambi into int`l fish trading center

Jambi (ANTARA News) - Two fish ports in Sumatra`s east coast will develop Jambi province into an international fish trading center.

Head of the Jambi Marine and Fishery Agency Herman Suherman said here on Sunday that the two fish ports are located respectively in Nipah Panjang Subdistrict,Tanjung Jabung Timur Regency, and in Kuala Tungkal Subdistrict, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency.

The construction of the two fish ports is almost completed, and the only infrastructure left to be built is a road to reach them.

The Ministry of Marine and Fishery Affairs has prepared several billions of rupiah for the building of the two fish ports.

In the meantime, the fish ports in Kuala Tungkal Subdistrict is already 95 pct completed, and scheduled for operation in 2008.

The infrastructure now left to be completed include a road from the pier to the main road, an ice plant, and a clean water plant.

Meanwhile, the fish port in Nipah Panjang, covering 20 hectares of land, will also be developed into an international scale fishing trading center.

However, the building of the fish port in Nipah Panjang is more costly than the one in Kuala Tungkal, because it is not only being developed into an international fish trading center, but into fish industrial center of Jambi Province as well.