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Selasa, September 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
Satu Tan Ikan Keli Diproses Masuki Pasaran Antarabangsa
KOTA BHARU: Malaysia akan mengeksport sekurang-kurangnya satu tan ikan keli yang siap diproses dan ditinkan seperti sardin ke pasaran antarabangsa termasuk Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat, mulai Ogos ini.
Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Perikanan, Datuk Ahamad Sabki Mahmood, berkata antara negara yang sudah menyuarakan kesediaan menerima eksport ikan itu termasuk India, Singapura, Australia, Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat.
"Kelantan akan menjadi pengeluar sardin ikan keli menerusi sebuah kilang memproses yang dijangka mengeluarkan hasil pertamanya mulai Ogos ini kira-kira satu tan sebulan untuk pasaran eksport terbabit.
"Ketika ini, sardin ikan keli terbabit sedang dipromosikan ke seluruh negara,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan pertandingan masakan ikan air tawar sempena Hari Perkumpulan Perempuan Kelantan 2008, di sini, semalam. Hadir sama Pengarah Perikanan Kelantan, Abdullah Jaafar dan Pengerusi Pertubuhan Perempuan Kelantan (PPK), Datuk Paduka Tg Nor Asiah Tg Ahmad.
Seramai 19 ahli PPK dari seluruh negeri menyertai pertandingan itu dengan menampilkan pelbagai sajian berasaskan ikan air tawar terutama keli yang dipelbagaikan masakan seperti masam manis, asam pedas, cili api, singgang dan goreng berempah.
Ahamad berkata, industri perikanan negara mencatatkan keuntungan kira-kira RM300 juta menerusi eksport ikan segar dan diproses setiap tahun dan jumlah itu dijangka meningkat apabila ikan air tawar seperti keli turut mendapat pasaran peringkat antarabangsa.
"Sejak kementerian memperkenalkan beberapa program termasuk bumi hijau, kolam terbiar, tanah terbiar dan insentif kepada nelayan yang bertujuan meningkatkan pendapatan usahawan tani negara, nilai eksport negara turut meningkat.
"Industri perikanan boleh menjadi sumber pendapatan yang besar jika diusahakan menggunakan bioteknologi, sama ada menerusi ternakan ikan segar atau diproses sebelum dipasarkan secara meluas. Ketika ini, pendaratan dan pengeluaran ikan negara mencapai nilai antara RM4 bilion hingga RM12 bilion setahun," katanya.
Dalam perkembangan berasingan, beliau berkata, kementerian turut menyalurkan peruntukan RM400,000 untuk pelaksanaan projek bumi hijau bagi meningkatkan pendapatan petani miskin di Kelantan.
"Saya harap peruntukan itu boleh membantu ahli PPK untuk turut serta dalam ternakan ikan keli yang boleh dibuat di rumah kerana kita mahu menggalakkan mereka menjadi usahawan berjaya dengan bimbingan Jabatan Pertanian.
"Mereka hanya perlu menggunakan konsep ternakan ikan dalam kanvas atau sangkar yang boleh memberi keuntungan lumayan. Ikan keli itu bukan hanya boleh dijual segar, tetapi boleh dihantar ke kilang memproses untuk dijadikan bahan kosmetik dan ubat-ubatan," katanya.
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Ahad, September 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
Abdullah Mahu Lebih Banyak Industri Asas Tani Tumbuh Di Selangor
KUALA SELANGOR, 17 Dis (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata beliau mahu melihat lebih banyak lagi kilang dan perusahaan yang memproses bahan asas tani dibangunkan di Selangor, sebuah negeri yang telah maju dalam sektor perkilangan.
"Selangor adalah sebuah negeri yang cukup aktif menjayakan pertanian seperti dalam industri asas tani dan juga herba," kata Perdana Menteri ketika merasmikan kilang keli salai milik MAIS Food Industries Sdn Bhd, anak syarikat milik penuh Perbadanan Kemajuan Pertanian Selangor (PKPS), di sini hari ini.
Ketika ini MAIS Food menghasilkan satu tan produk keli salai dalam sehari dengan keuntungan RM20,000 sehari daripada kilang yang dibangunkan dengan kos RM2.5 juta.
Keli salai ini dipasarkan dalam pek seberat 500 gram dengan jenama Al-Misbah dan mempunyai perasa seperti sos teriyaki, sos lada hitam, sambal, kari pedas dan tom yam pedas.
Abdullah berkata penghasilan keli salai yang bermutu dan dipastikan daripada segi kebersihan merupakan produk tersendiri dan tidak mudah ditiru selain mendapat pasaran yang baik di dalam negara dan juga telah dipasarkan di Taiwan.
Beliau berharap keli salai akan menjadi produk industri asas tani yang berjaya dan berdaya maju dan tidak menerima nasib seperti keli segar yang harganya di pasaran menurun kerana lebihan bekalan kerana ramai yang mengusahakannya berikutan harganya yang tinggi suatu masa dulu.
Beliau mengimbas kembali perbincangannya dengan Menteri Besar Selangor Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo pada tahun lepas mengenai kemajuan penternakan ikan keli dengan beliau dimaklumkan bahawa keli tidak laku dan harganya rendah kerana terlalu banyak di pasaran dan diternak tidak mengikut amalan yang terbaik.
Abdullah berkata pada masa itu beliau telah memberitahu Dr Mohamad Khir supaya mencari kaedah lain untuk meningkatkan kembali harga ikan keli dengan menambah nilai seperti mengeluarkan keli salai.
Perdana Menteri berkata:" (Dr Mohamad) Khir menjawab, saya pasti dapat lakukannya dan beliau (Dr Mohamad Khir) tidak pernah mengecewakan saya...dia tak pernah gagal."
Katanya dengan adanya perusahaan keli salai, ia akan memberi semangat kepada pengusaha ternakan itu kerana produk itu mempunyai pasaran yang terjamin dengan membekalkannya kepada kilang dengan harga yang wajar dan tidak lagi terlalu bergantung kepada pasar dan pasar tani di tempat mereka.
MAIS Food telah mengadakan perjanjian dengan beberapa pertubuhan seperti Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan Kuala Selangor dan Persatuan Penternak Ikan Keli Meru bagi mendapatkan bekalan ikan keli.
Perdana Menteri berkata rakyat Malaysia perlu mempunyai sikap inovatif dalam menambah nilai kepada produk-produk pertanian mereka yang merupakan salah satu misi nasional.
Katanya rakyat Malaysia terutamanya di luar bandar mempunyai kemampuan untuk menambah nilai kepada produk dan perkhidmatan mereka bagi meningkatkan pendapatan dan mencari sumber kekayaan baru.
"Sebagai contoh ubi kayu kini merupakan bahan mentah yang popular bagi perusahaan kerepek dan kini para pengusaha kerepek ubi terpaksa keluar jauh dari kilang mereka untuk mencari bekalan di Malaysia," katanya.
Abdullah bersama isterinya Datin Paduka Seri Jeanne Abdullah juga melawat pusat pemprosesan dan pembungkusan udang harimau milik JW Aquaculture Sdn Bhd di Assam Jawa di sini.
Pusat pemprosesan itu yang mempunyai 79 kolam di tapak seluas 61 hektar merupakan antara ladang ternakan udang bersepadu yang berjaya dan menggunakan amalan terbaik.
Abdullah berkata bahawa selain memastikan kebersihan dalam operasinya, ladang itu mempunyai makmal untuk melakukan uji kaji dan memastikan udang yang dieskport tidak menghadapi masalah seperti jangkitan kuman.
Hasil ternakan udang syarikat ini yang dianggarkan mencecah 2,000 tan pada tahun ini telah berjaya menembusi pasaran tempatan dan luar negara.
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Khamis, September 11, 2008 | 0 Comments
Money in catfish
CATFISH is no stranger in Sarawak. Irrespective of where you live, the whiskered fish can never be far away from you. They can actually be found all over the State; in lakes, rivers, ponds, dam spillways, or just about any place that holds water year round.
They are able to survive anywhere because they are not picky about what they eat — worms, minnows, licorie, bread, meat and even rubber seeds.
Due to their natural instinct of lurking in dark, deep channels and muddy water, the fish hunt more by scent and feel than sight.
Studies have shown they are attracted to food by scent, or by disturbance in the water which could signal a fish in distress of something dropping into the water. They sense and feel motions through their barbels, the four pairs of whiskers that give the catfish their name.
Although there are more than 2,200 species of catfish around the world, only the clarius macrocephalus (keli bunga), clarius batrachus (keli kayu) are commonly found in Sarawak rivers and streams.
Large size catfish generally prefer deep channels in rivers, pockets at the mouths of streams running into rivers, the holes scoured around dams and river bends, and the centre of large lakes.
The best time to fish for catfish is after a heavy rain or flood as the high water brings more food into the river and allows the fish to swim to new territories for spawning and new feeding ground.
Until recent years catfish were plentiful in almost every public waterway but like many species of freshwater fish, it is now threatened by over-fishing, loss of habitat and habitat connectivity and these days anglers would be lucky to catch two or three from some rivers and streams.
The catfish inhabits a number of ecological niches, from invasive pest to farmed fish to aquarium fish.
It is also a chef’s delight as its flesh is dense, white and sturdy standing up well to frying and grilling.
Catfish is in great demand abroad, including Peninsular Malaysia, because it is high in Omega 3.
Omega 3 refers to families of oil that have more than one double bond and where the first double bond occurs between the 3rd and 4th from the omega end (i.e. methyl terminal carbon — CH3 end) of the molecule. Omega-3 fatty acids are a class of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids with the double bond in the third carbon position from the methyl terminal (hence the use of “3″ in their description)
Omega-3 oils have been called ‘the miracle food of the 21st century’. Research shows the right type can help prevent heart disease maintain optimum blood pressure and cholesterol levels and give almost immediate relief from joint pain, migraines, depression, autoimmune diseases and many other conditions.
And, by improving brain development and memory functioning, from conception through to old age, certain Omega-3 oils are considered as the perfect brain food.
Catfish belonging to the families Ictaluridae are widely distributed in different parts of the world and their culture is now common in the Philippines and Thailand (Clarias macrocephalus, C. batrachus), Cambodia (Pangasius), Africa (C. gariepinus), Europe (Silurus glanis) and USA (channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, white catfish I. cactus and blue catfish I. furcatus).
Catfish is now one of the most profitably farmed fish in Sarawak, especially in Kuching. Most of the catfish in the market were farmed and some are caught from the wild.
An officer from the State Agriculture Department, Kuching Division, who requested anonymity, disclosed that the African catfish (clarius gariepinus) is the dominant species cultured in Sarawak, Kuching in particular.
This species, he added breed well in local ponds and also could survive in streams and rivers.
It is very hardy and has a high level of tolerance of low oxygen level.
The officer noted that properly designed and constructed ponds were critical to the success of a commercial catfish operation. “Well-designed ponds, constructed on soil with a proper clay content and adequate water supply, have a useful life of at least 10 years.”
Generally, three types of ponds may be used in catfish farming. And the most common type in Sarawak is the embankment or levee ponds.
Embankment ponds are built on flat land by removing soil from the area that will be the pond bottom and using that soil to form levees or embankments around the pond.
Other types are watershed ponds, built in hilly areas by damming a small stream, and a hybrid watershed — embankment pond. This pond may have two or three sides consisting of embankments (actually low dams) across a relatively small drainage basin. They are built in regions with gently rolling topography.
In Kuching, the size of each earth pond is generally between 0.3 and 0.5 hectare while the average depth is five to six feet.
A single 10-inch diameter drain of heavy gauge, coated metal or PVC pie is normally used to maintain water level and drain a commercial pond.
The drain normally is extended into the pond and past the outside levee toe by at least five feet. A perimeter drainage system should be constructed to receive effluent and to prevent water from collecting outside levees.
The ideal number of fish per hectare, according to the officer, is 20,000 tails in still water and 50,000 tails or more per hectare for a pond with running water or efficient aeration system.
He said in a year, each pond could have two to three cycles, depending on the intensity of feeding and the size of the catfish.
“A farmer may harvest the fish after four to six months. But normally, each cycle takes four months when the size of the fish is ideal for most consumers.”
“Most catfish lovers prefer smaller size — between two to three tails per kg though the fish may reach up to five kg per tail,” he said.
He said the wholesale (farmgate price) of cultured catfish is RM3.20 per kg while the market price is between RM5 and RM6 per kg.
So far in Sarawak farmers did not rear catfish all year round as they switched to other types of fish after every harvest, he added.
However, he believed catfish culture was lucrative even if it goes through three cycles in a year, as each cycle is able to produce between 10 and 20 tonnes.
Catfish cultured in Sarawak, and Kuching in particular, are sold fresh in the market for household consumption, although in Peninsular Malaysia the fish is also processed or canned.
MAIS Food Industries Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation, is one of those companies that process catfish.
A Bernama report on Dec 17 reported that the company was currently producing one tonne of smoked catfish daily, generating an income to the tune of RM20,000 per day. The processed fish is sold in 500gm packs under the ‘Al-Misbah’ brand name in several flavours, including teriyaki sauce, pepper sauce, spicy sambal, hot curry and spicy tom yam.
Catfish might be getting scarcer in our streams and rivers nowadays but they are abundant in the ponds of fish farms as this once humble fish finds its niche in commercial farming.
Jumaat, September 05, 2008 | 1 Comments
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Rabu, September 03, 2008 | 0 Comments
Catfish export potential not fully exploited
MIRI: ‘Ikan keli’ or catfish are found in abundance all over the country.
But many, particularly in Sarawak, are still unaware of its export potential.
The ‘traditional white meat fish industry’ has a ‘new kid on the block’ - catfish, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Bumiputera Entrepreneur Development) Mohd Naroden Majais said.
Vietnamese catfish has successfully penetrated the European markets.
Vietnam exported around US$737 million of catfish last year, while European Union (EU) imports rose by 146 per cent and Russia by 1,389 per cent over 2005, totalling around US$343 and US$83 million, respectively.
Thus, EU has now become the largest market for Vietnamese catfish.
Exports to the United States of America and other markets including Asia have also grown rapidly, which helped Vietnam in achieving the target of US$1 billion worth of catfish exports last year.
As demand grows, the US imports of catfish in 2006 increased markedly totalling 34,000 metric tonnes (US$111 million), up 150 per cent in volume and 225 per cent in value over 2005.
Against this background, many countries in Asia such as China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, are aggressively expanding the farming of catfish of different species, to cater both for local and export markets.
Stating this to thesundaypost, Naroden said a number of entrepreneurs in Peninsular Malaysia had realised the potential of catfish for export and ventured into catfish farming.
“They have succeeded in penetrating European and Middle East markets as well as Japan,” the assistant minister said.
In this context, the assistant minister urged local entrepreneurs, particularly Bumiputeras, to venture into farming of catfish as they were easily available and in abundance in Sarawak.
He said catfish were easy to rear and had a strong resilience to diseases.
As an incentive for entrepreneurs, Naroden said the government through its agencies would provide various assistance.
Meanwhile, most of the catfish sold in this division are from Bakong, Bekenu and Niah.
There are two species of catfish available locally - ‘keli kuning’ (yellow catfish) and ‘keli chelum’ (black catfish).
The yellow species is sold at RM16 per kg and the other RM12.
Apart from catfish farming, Naroden said, local entrepreneurs could also look into leech farming which had a huge market in Europe particularly for pharmaceutical purposes.
“However, leech farming is still not popular in the country,” he added.
Selasa, September 02, 2008 | 0 Comments
Four projects for Sarawak soon: DG
Government will help farmers rehabilitate idle fish ponds
SIBU: The Fisheries Department will implement four projects in Sarawak in the near future under the National Food Safety Policy.
ENHANCING FISH AND AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY: Junaidi (second right) chairs the MPI meeting. Hazizi is on right while Azlisha on second left.
The projects identified by the department are: Rehabilitation of Idle Fish Ponds, Creation of Aquaculture Industry and Hatchery Zones, Green Earth, and Giving out Incentives.
This was disclosed by the director-general Datuk Junaidi Che Ayub when he chaired a meeting of the Industrial Dialogue Council (Majlis Perundingan Industry — MPI) here yesterday.
The meeting was also attended by the department’s director of Bio Security, Diagnostic and Quality Control Division, Ahmad Hazizi Aziz; state Marine Fisheries director, Azlisha Abdul Aziz; officers of related government departments; fishermen and industry players.
Using the projects under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, the government will help rehabilitate idle fish ponds by giving money, equipment, fish fry, and feeds to the owners.
Aquaculture and hatchery zones will be created to increase production and fish fry.
Under the Green Earth project, rearing of catfish (ikan keli) in semi-urban and rural areas will be accorded greater priority, and those doing it will be given plastic or canvas tanks, fry, feeds and equipment.
The government will also give cash incentives to productive rearers based on the tonnage of fish or prawns harvested.
On export of fish and fish-products, particularly to countries in Europe, Junaidi said it was very important for Malaysian rearers, exporters and competent authorities to comply fully with European Union (EU) requirements in all aspects of rearing, safety, traceability and hygiene in order to avoid rejection of consignment which would cause major losses to all parties.
“All parties including middlemen should keep proper records. We must be prepared for the implementation of food traceability system worldwide one day,” said Junaidi.
He expressed sadness as regards to recent audit findings by the Health Department that no fish factory in Sarawak could meet EU standard.
He also advised fishermen and owners of fish ponds to improve their Hygiene On Board (HOB) criteria and practices in respect of design, layout, personal hygiene, hygienic ice-cubes and clean water sources to meet stringent requirements by EU countries.
“The department will conduct HOB checks on vessels and aquaculture farms in Sarawak soon,” he said.
Junaidi also disclosed that recently Australia gave consent to the department to issue Certificate of Hygiene for fish and fish-products and prawns and prawn-products, effective next month.
On export to the USA, Junaidi disclosed that recently the USFDA Seafood HACCP Inspection Mission audited six companies in Malaysia.
From Korea the department has also received a request to audit fish-processing companies in the country, including seafood company premises.
This, said Junaidi, augured well for the development of the fish export sector.
He cautioned that their high standard must be met first
Isnin, September 01, 2008 | 0 Comments
