Fishing for Food Security: Reforming Fisheries and Aquaculture Policies to Achieve Food Security in Indonesia

Suggested Bibliographic Reference: Challenging New Frontiers in the Global Seafood Sector: Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, July 11-15, 2016. Compiled by Stefani J. Evers and Ann L. Shriver. International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), Corvallis, 2016.Proceedings of the Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, held July 11-15, 2016 at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Center (AECC), Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.As part of the project ‘Building Food Security and Managing Risks: A Focus on Southeast Asia”, the OECD is examining how the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Indonesia can better contribute to food security through improved policies. This paper examines the nature of the food security problem in the two countries, how fisheries and aquaculture can sustainably contribute to enhanced food security, and the institutional environment necessary for achieving this. The paper finds that policies to improve efficiency gains in both capture fisheries and aquaculture alongside investment in the sector will improve returns while strengthening food security