With 17,508 large and small islands, Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world. The land area of the country is 1.9 million square kilometers. Indonesia's population is second only to China, India and the United States, ranking fourth in the world.
Indonesia's marine area is 3.17 million square kilometers. The marine area under China's jurisdiction is 3 million square kilometers. Indonesia's ocean area is larger than China's. Indonesia's exclusive economic zone covers a total area of 6.16 million square kilometers. China's exclusive economic zone covers an area of more than 3.96 million square kilometers. Indonesia's exclusive economic zone is larger than China's.
Around the Indonesian islands, there are rich fishing grounds. The area around Indonesia that can be fished is as high as 5.8 million square kilometers. Indonesia's fishery resources are quite abundant. Many Chinese fishermen work with local Chinese bosses to fly the Indonesian flag on board and work in the Natuna Islands for half a year, and then the boat drives to the docks on the Maluku side for a while. In addition, fishing boats from Japan, France, the United States and Thailand often fish in Indonesia's economic waters. Of course, foreign fishing boats have to pay fees to Indonesia and obtain fishing licenses.
Indonesia has a total population of 264 million, of which nearly 53.4% is concentrated on the island of Java, the world's most populous island. According to industry statistics, the employed population is mainly distributed in agriculture, commerce, industry, construction and service industries. The Chinese account for about 3.79% of the total population and play an important role in Indonesia's trade and service industries.
Indonesia's marine fishery resources are mainly divided into three sea areas:
1. Indian Ocean waters. The main production is tuna.
2. Javanese waters. It mainly produces shrimp, demersal fish and pelagic fish.
3. Eastern seas. Tuna is mainly caught.
Indonesia's refrigerated exports of fish products are mainly shrimp and tuna. Indonesia's sustainable fishing resources are 4.7 million tonnes per year. In 2010, Indonesia produced 5.04 million tonnes of fishing.
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