Indonesia considers lifting lobster larvae export ban

JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is seeking to resume lobster larvae exports to countries willing to make investments in aquaculture cultivation in the South-East Asian country.

Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono was quoted by local media as saying that Vietnam had been the prime destination for Indonesia’s lobster larvae exports, adding that revenue from exporting the product to Vietnam was estimated to reach 2.5 billion USD.