Current (2021) status of surimi industry in Indonesia and possible solutions: A review

Abstract

Abstract The surimi industry in Indonesia, especially located on the North Coast Java, has an important role in boosting both regional and national economy. In the last 5 years, the surimi industry has been affected by the policy of prohibiting the use of destructive seine and trawl nets, known locally as cantrang. Most of the surimi industry in Indonesia use bycatches and discards of cantrang as raw material. On the other hand, the policy drives the opportunity to use the aquaculture fishes and non cantrang catches as a raw materials substitution of the surimi. Many laboratory scale observations have shown that aquaculture and small pelagic fish can be used as the raw material for surimi. However, the information around using several species of fish (multi-species) as raw material of surimi is not well provided. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to generate the recommendations regarding the use of multi-species fish as an alternative raw material for the surimi industry to replace the bycatches of cantrang. The information will allow industry both small and medium size to have a better option that suits their need to be able to fulfill the market demand.