JAYAPURA - The Papua Provincial Government has been asked to increase the priority scale program for Indigenous Papuan fishermen more specifically regarding improving their facilities and infrastructure and capacity.

"Indeed, there have been many policies and programs rolled out by the government for fishermen, but the priority scale program for Indigenous Papuan fishermen still needs to be improved"

"Therefore, we expect a touch from the government regarding the provision of facilities and infrastructure, then on the side of increasing the capacity of fishermen, both through training and others, it needs to continue to be encouraged by the government in order to increase the productivity of fishermen," said Secretary of the Indonesia Fishermen Association (HNSI) of Papua Province, Agus Rahmawan, in Jayapura, Wednesday (6/4/2022).

Meanwhile, through the momentum of the National Fishermen's Day commemoration on this day (April 6, 2022), Agus hopes to be used as a momentum for the government to further prosper fishermen, especially Indigenous Papuans.

Both in the form of access to capital assistance and others. More specifically for OAP fishermen who have a boat with a capacity of still under 10 GT and very simple navigation.

The total number of fishermen in Papua reaches about 63 thousand fishermen. While fishermen spread across WPPNRI 717 include the Cenderawasih Bay and the Pacific Ocean, the average capacity is below 10 GT. ***