Jakarta, May 14 -- Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono said the Red and White Fishermen Village is important to strengthen fisheries downstream processing.

He emphasized during a visit to Bintan on Thursday that the program is also designed to improve the welfare of fishermen through a better ecosystem.

Trenggono stated that the village serves as an integrated fisheries ecosystem involving cold chain systems and connectivity with processing industries and markets.

"If this Red and White Fishermen Village runs well, I guarantee product quality will be good because the handling chain is already improved from the start," Trenggono said as quoted from a ministry's press release.

According to him, the main chal...