Monday, May 3, 2010

BUDIDAYA PERIKANAN

BUDIDAYA PERIKANAN


Deskripsi ikan gabus, aruan, ruan

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:57 AM PDT


Famili : Channidae
Nama Indonesia : Gabus, Aruan, Ruan
Nama Ilmiah/latin : Channa Striata (Bloch, 1793)
Nama Inggris : Snakehead murrel

deskripsi :
- bentuk badan silindris
- berwarna coklat kehitaman
- bagian bawah perut berwarna cerah
- sisi badan mempunyai pita berbentuk ' <' yang mengarah ke depan
- termasuk ikan buas, makanannya anak ikan

daerah penyebaran : sungai, rawa, waduk dan danau



sumber : Direktorat Jenderal Perikanan Tangkap, Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan, 2005

Information On The Art And Hobby Of Keeping A Freshwater Aquarium

Posted: 03 May 2010 12:52 AM PDT


Information On The Art And Hobby Of Keeping A Freshwater Aquarium
by: James Field


There are so many reasons why people decide to take up the hobby of keeping a freshwater aquarium. In our extremely busy lives, aquariums bring peace and tranquility. Fish tanks have been proven to lower blood pressure and calm us, especially after a busy day at work, dealing with the pressures of stress in our lives.

Let's break down the word 'aquarium'. It's based on the Latin words of 'aqua' and 'rium'. 'Aqua means water (of course!), and 'rium' means a building. So an aquarium is a "water building". What better name for a fish tank.

Aquariums are everywhere. They're at the dentist office, at friends' houses, at restaurants, at businesses. In Japan, Germany, the U.S., everywhere! And aquariums have been around forever, too. In Japan and China, especially, you'll find koi ponds in the gardens where people go to relax and meditate.

In fact, keeping fish as a hobby can be found as long ago as 2,000 years ago in China, where they kept goldfish and koi in ceramic bowls. But fish were kept in ponds way before that, close to homes, where they were kept for dinner!

The types of freshwater aquariums available are endless. The choices can go from round bowls for your goldfish, to square and rectangular tanks. There are bubble tanks that mount on the wall, and wall-mounted aquariums that look like a picture with a frame that hangs right on your wall.

It's possible to have a custom aquarium made in any shape. And aquariums aren't just made out of glass anymore. The current trend is toward acrylic tanks. They're lightweight, and they don't break!

And the art of freshwater aquarium keeping doesn't just involve buying the aquarium, filling it with water and throwing in some shells.

It really is an art form that requires some research to keep your water ecosystem healthy and happy. You'll need to know about:

• How to choose fish that live well together

• Fish diseases

• Aquarium lighting

• What water filters to use

• Whether to use live plants or not

• Substrate - what materials to use on the bottom

• What type of tank to purchase

This is a few of the things that you'll need to learn about and consider. But it's fun to learn new things and an accomplishment when your fish tell you that they're happy in their new environment.

Once you've mastered the basics of freshwater aquarium keeping, you might want to specialize in other areas, too. Consider whether you want to breed your fish. Or maybe you want to keep more exotic varieties, such as the betta.

And one little piece of trivia in case you wanted to know. The biggest aquarium in the world is in Osaka, Japan. It has 5,400 cubic meters of water in it, and over 580 different types of fish!

About The Author
James Field is an aquarium expert. For more great information on freshwater aquariums, visit http://www.freshwateraquariumstips.com.

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The PetsitUSA Blog

The PetsitUSA Blog


Promoting your Facebook Fan Page

Posted: 02 May 2010 08:04 AM PDT

Facebook Fan Page promotion for pet sitting businessesFacebook has moved ahead of Google to become the most popular website. It’s also, by far, the most popular social networking website. In fact, Facebook has over 400 million active users, with about half of them logging in each day. What that means is many of your potential clients and competitors are already there! Why would you not want to take advantage of that?

The bottom line . . . if Facebook isn’t part of the marketing strategy for your pet sitting business, it’s probably time you changed that.

To get the most out of the most popular website on the planet, you’ll want to set up a page for your business – not a profile.  To find out what the difference is see Facebook Fan Page vs. Personal Profile. I highly suggest setting up a personal profile in your own name, and then setting up your business page through your personal profile.

Once you get your business page set up, that’s just the beginning. Rather than just letting it sit there and hoping people find it, you’ll need to promote it. Here are a few ways to get started:

Inlcude a link to your fan page on your:

  • emails
  • website
  • newsletters
  • business cards
  • print or online ads
  • brochures
  • other online profiles

Send an announcement: Email your current pet sitting clients to let them know your business has a Fan Page. Chances are, many of them are already on Facebook, and will be more than happy to find you there as well.

Keep people on your page: Part of a successful Fan Page is keeping people interested. You can do this by by:

  • posting links to relevant articles and posts by others
  • posting original information that’s both helpful and interesting centering around the topic of your page
  • asking questions and responding – get a conversation going!
  • inviting people to post pictures of their pets
  • posting pictures of your own pets and your pet sitting clients’ pets (with their permission, of course)

Keep it active: Post content regularly to your Fan Page. This will keep people interested, and since your posts will show up in their stream (in most cases) they will be reminded of you periodically. If what you have to say is interesting enough, they might also choose to share your posts with their friends.

Share the good stuff: Periodically share exceptionally good posts from your Facebook Page to your personal profile. To do this, go to the post you want to share and click the “share this” link under the post you’d like to draw attention to.

Design an eye catching note cards: Give clients a nicely designed card or flyer letting them know about your Facebook Page. Leave it on your last pet sitting visit along with your ‘welcome home’ note.

Social Ads: With social ads, you can target people very specifically. For example, if you’re  an Austin pet sitter, you can target people who mention in their profile that they have pets, live in Austin, and are in a certain age group. To get started, click the Advertise link at the bottom right corner of any page on Facebook.

Cross Promotion: Promote your page through your accounts on other social networking websites like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and others. Don’t overdo it though – you don’t want to spam your friends and followrs.

Events: Use the events feature to post events that you sponsor.

Specials: Announce pet sitting or dog walking specials on your Fan Page.

You’ll find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/petsitusa

Sunday, May 2, 2010

BUDIDAYA PERIKANAN

BUDIDAYA PERIKANAN


What Your Momma Never Told You About Online Press Releases

Posted: 02 May 2010 02:49 AM PDT


What Your Momma Never Told You About Online Press Releases
by: Keith Baxter
Copyright 2005 Keith Baxter

If you market ANYTHING online, you need to send out an online press release. They are easy to write and can potentially bring you much desired media publicity… which, in most cases, will increase sales.

But that's not what this article is about.

I'm going to show you how using low cost online press release services will get your sites indexed into the major search engines fast.

The Strategy:

Write a simple online press release and submit it to Prweb.com.

When writing your press release, be sure to add include your URL at least twice on the body of the release with your primary keyword as anchor text, and then once again in your signature.

Sounds simple, huh? It is… but I'm going to break it down into 9 easy as taking candy from a baby steps.

The How To:

1. Write your press release. There's software available which is intuitive to use and will guide you through the proper process

2. Once written, double-check it for errors.

3. Register for an account on Prweb.com.

4. Once registered, you will automatically be logged in. Now click 'Submit News Release'.

5. Input your release into the appropriate fields.

6. Click 'Save Press Release'.

7. You will be taken to page offering upgrades. While not necessary, you will gain MAXIMUM benefit using the $80 submission service. I want to stress again that this is entirely optional and NOT necessary. I personally use the $10 option.

8. If you choose any of the paid services, input your credit card information, then hit continue.

9. Once payment is processed, you're done!

If you want to categorize your submitted releases, you can do that on the page following payment acceptance.

When I implemented this strategy, I had Inktomi visit my site within 2 days, then Google and MSN within a week after that.

This service not only distributes your message to the media, but provides additional links back to your site and is regularly crawled by all major search engines.

About the author:
This article has been authored by Keith Baxter, the founder of http://www.topkeywordlists.comIf you wish to maximize your Adsense income and learn how to drive massive amounts of traffic to your website from the search engines, visit the site now.


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When AdSense Goes AWOL

Posted: 02 May 2010 02:44 AM PDT


When AdSense Goes AWOL
by: Diane Nassy
No matter how hard you work to optimize your page, there are going to be times when Google just can't figure out which AdSense ad to deliver, so it defaults to delivering a PSA (Public Service Ad) instead.

Now I don't have any problem with charities, but I give to the ones that I choose to give to. Since I don't have a non-profit license of my own, the goal of my web site is to make money and I depend on Google AdSense revenues to help pay my bills. Someday I want it to fund my retirement as well, so I can't afford to have non-revenue PSAs showing up on my site.

The good news is the Google understands the human's basic greedy nature, so it provides us with an alternative to donating our precious web real estate to charitable organizations. That alternative is known as AdSense Alternate Ads.

As strange as it seems, this feature allows you to let Google competitors into your site. Don't worry, Google is allowing it with their eyes wide open. They even tell you how to set up the alternate ad code to work on your site and they let you do it right in your AdSense control panel.

Once you add the code to your site, Google will pull ads from whatever service you defined rather than serve a PSA. Google will do that even if those ads are coming from Yahoo, or Overture, or your grandmother's attic.

This goes a long way towards ensuring that you never lose an opportunity to monetize a visitor's time spent on your site. How nice it is of Google to gives us that opportunity.

Who do you choose?

Ah, now that's the big question. Most people head straight for Overture or Yahoo, but there are other fish in the sea worth considering. In fact, some of these fish make their living almost solely by serving replacement ads for PSAs. Run this search (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official_s&hl=en&q=google+psa+alternatives&btnG=Google+Search) on Google and you'll have plenty of options to choose from.

Why bother?

Sometimes Google doesn't have any ads in its inventory to match your site's keywords. Sometimes Google gets confused and can't figure out which ads to deliver, so it grabs a PSA ad.

Google also has a not-so-readily-available list of what it calls "stop words". When the Google AdSense spiders detect these words on your page they automatically trigger PSAs. Some of the more commonly known words include severe profanity (think: George Carlin's 7 Words You Can't Say on T.V), as well as other words which may very be quite legitimate for your site such as pharmaceutical, drugs, death, dying, abortion, and the list goes on and on. At least we THINK that it goes on and on but no one really knows for sure outside of a trusted few Google staffers.

But no matter what the reason, you don't want non-revenue ads running on your site. There's no excuse when Google makes it so easy to keep the revenue flowing.

About the author:
Diane provides marketing and internet profit tips.
For more Google AdSense tips, visit http://www.adsense.deeljeabiz.com
Email : deeljeabiz@gmail.com


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Cooking Tips for Gas Grills to make Grilling Quicker, Easier and Tastier

Posted: 01 May 2010 08:43 AM PDT


Cooking Tips for Gas Grills to make Grilling Quicker, Easier and Tastier
by: Chef Todd Mohr


Grilling, like any basic cooking method, can be mastered. These cooking tips for gas grills will get you started on the road to expert grilling any time of year. Although most people see it as easy, grilling is actually one of the most challenging basic cooking methods. If cooking is like driving a car, grilling is like being strapped to a rocket ship! Since grilling is an intense form of direct heat cooking, controlling the heat can be tricky. This presents the greatest challenge to home cooks. As the weather starts to get nicer and the great outdoors beckons, attention starts to turn to outdoor cooking - and gas barbeque grills can't be beat for simplicity and convenience. Now more than ever, smart home cooks are looking for the best cooking tips for gas grills to make their work faster and easier - and their results better. But grilling only becomes EASY when you know these simple cooking tips for gas grills that are guaranteed to improve your results.

Preparing Recipes for the Grill

When preparing recipes for the grill, the most important thing to consider is how the grilling method of cooking acts differently on different types of foods. To begin, careful product selection is extremely important. Marinating meats when making recipes for the grill is the best way to apply some tenderizing properties before cooking because the grill will not tenderize meats. You must start with a tender product if you want to end with a tender product. You want to also make sure the product you choose will be able to withstand direct high-heat cooking. Different products will handle this differently and some are just not the best choice for standard grilling. A very delicate fish, such as tilapia, will not perform very well on the grill because the high heat may burn the outside of the fish before the inside cooks at all. Vegetables all cook at different rates, too, depending on their texture and fimness. When cooking different combinations of vegetables together (as in skewering), you will achieve far better results by par-cooking the "harder" items prior to skewering so that all vegetables are the correct done-ness at the same time.

Once you have considered the differences in the types of foods you will be grilling and preparing them accordingly, the basic procedure for creating recipes for the grill is the same across the board. First, heat up the grill as hot as it can get. Brush the food item with the oil of your choice and place it on the hot grates - presentation side down. Leave the cover open and let the item cook. After a few minutes inspect the item. You are looking for the item to start to brown around the edges and to see pink (almost clear) moisture bubbling up to the top. This will be your signal that the item is 75% cooked on one side and that is the time to flip it. Do not use a fork to flip the item and do not puncture it in any way. This will allow precious juices to escape, drying out your product. The ONLY way to know when your product is finished cooking is with a thermometer - testing internal temperature. Because there will be some carry-over cooking, remove the item 5-10 degrees BEFORE the desired final internal temperature.

A Gas Grill Cooking Twist

Although GRILLING is always done with the lid cover open, gas grill cooking can incorporate additional cooking methods that make it preferable to cook with the grill cover closed. With the grill lid closed, the grill changes from a CONDUCTIVE cooking vehicle to a CONVECTIVE cooking one - more like your oven. Of course you could just use your oven for using these cooking methods, but outdoor cooking does have some advantages over indoor cooking - particularly in warmer weather. So how do you turn your dry heat, direct source cooking vehicle (the grill) into one that can utilize a moist convective cooking process? It's actually a pretty cool technique for gas grill cooking. This is a trick I use most often with delicate fish, such as tilapia. First, I turn the heat OFF on the side of the grill that my tilapia will cook. Then, I add a pan of water to the bottom of the other side of the grill - right on top of the heat elements. Keep in mind that this "water" can be any kind of liquid you like. I use shrimp stock sometimes with fish, but you can season it with chicken broth, wine - anything that is liquid and imparts nice, complimentary flavors to the product you are cooking. Then, the fish is placed either directly on the grill (if you have a flat grate option) or you can put it in a cast iron pan and put it on the grill grates. The rest of the procedure for this type of gas grill cooking follows the normal grilling process - cook with your eyes and observations, flip after 75% done, use a thermometer to determine final temperature and remove a bit "early" to allow for the carry-over cooking that occurs. And that's it, now you can consider gas grill COOKING in addition to standard GRILLING for great outdoor cooking results.

Gas Barbeque Grills vs Charcoal Grills

You will hear from many self-proclaimed GRILLMASTERS that the traditional charcoal grill is far superior to the gas barbeque grill, but the gas grill has many advantages that make it a great choice for any outdoor cooking situation. I will admit that the charcoal grill provides opportunity for a deep, smoky flavor that is not fully achievable with the gas barbeque grill, but after that all of the "pros" go into the gas grill's column. For starters, the gas grill is much easier and safer to start because it uses propane as fuel and starts at the press of a button. Charcoal grills can be easily started with lighter fluid, but this can be dangerous, and can impart an undesirable taste into the food. Plus, the gas grill turns OFF as easily as it turned on! No waiting for coals to cool so that you can empty and clean the grill and no messy coals to dispose of. The other nice thing about gas barbeque grills is that they allow for consistent heat throughout the cooking process. With the charcoal variety, the cook has to really control the heat by actually moving products closer and further and this takes some practice and experience.

These cooking tips for gas grills seem simple but they truly are the difference between great grilling results and disappointing meals. The next time you get ready to grill, remember that careful product selection and a basic understanding of cooking methods is all you need to master the barbeque grill, creating outdoor meals and memories for life.


About The Author
Chef Todd Mohr is a classically trained chef, entrepreneur, educator, and the creator and host of the "Cooking Coarse" video series. Chef Todd's simple philosophy - burn your recipes and learn how to really cook - has helped many home cooks finally achieve success in the kitchen. Visit http://www.i-hate-cooking-recipes.com/ to view over 170 FREE cooking videos and to get the FREE monthly ezine Burn Your Recipes - with cooking ideas, instruction, tips and the latest trends in food and cooking.

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

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KKP Bentuk Tim Terpadu

Posted: 01 May 2010 06:11 AM PDT


KKP Bentuk Tim Terpadu



Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) membentuk tim terpadu untuk menyelidiki dugaan kasus pencurian benda muatan kapal tenggelam (BMKT) yang berharga.

Salah satunya terkait pengambilan BMKT secara ilegal di Laut Utara Jawa, tepatnya di Blanakan, Kabupaten Subang, Jawa Barat. Berdasarkan informasi, terjadi pencurian BMKT yang dipimpin warga negara asing bernama Michael Hatcher. Tidak hanya itu, warga asal Inggris ini juga membuat katalog BMKT dan berhasil melelang beberapa artefak di Balai Lelang Christiedengan transaksi mencapai belasan juta dolar AS.

"Surat keputusan pembentukan tim terpadu ini sudah saya tanda tangani. Nomornya 103 Tahun 2010. Jadi, kami akan segera menindaklanjuti informasi yang beredar tentang penjualan artefak oleh warga Inggris ini," kata Dirjen Pengawasan dan Pengendalian Sumber Daya Kelautan dan Perikanan (P2SDKP) KKP Aji Sularso di Jakarta, Kamis (29/4).Tim yang dibentuk terdiri atas perwakilan Ditjen P2SDKP, Ditjen Sejarah dan Purbakala Kementerian Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, TNI AL, Direktorat V Tindak Pidana Tertentu Bareskrim Mabes Polri, Direktorat Polisi Perairan Polri, serta Kejaksaan Agung. Sejauh ini, tim sudah memasang CCTV (kamera pengawas) di sekitar Blanakan guna mengantisipasi adanya konspirasi," tuturnya.

Menurut Aji, tim pengawas saat ini tengah melakukan pendalaman informasi dan bukti-bukti di lapangan terkait pencarian BMKT oleh Michael Hatcher. Untuk itu, dengan dibentuknya tim terpadu ini diharapkan tidak terulang lagi peristiwa pencurian BMKT.Sebelumnya juga terjadi pencurian dalam proses pengangkatan muatan kapal Geldermarsen (milik perusahaan niaga Belan-da/VOC) di perairan Karang Heluputan, Kepulauan Riau, pada 1985-1986. ini juga dilakukan oleh Michael Hatcher.Seperti diketahui, BMKT yang berhasil diangkat berupa 126 batang emas lan-takan dan 160.000 benda keramik peninggalan Dinasti Ming dan Quing senilai 17 juta dolar AS. Barang-barang ini juga sudah dilelang di Christies Amsterdam. Kenyataan ini sangat merugikan negara.

Selain di Kepulauan Riau, pengambilan BMKT secara ilegal juga terjadi di Selat Gelasa, di dekat Pulau Bangka. Ini dilakukan oleh Tilman Walterfang yang nilainya mencapai 40 juta dolar AS dan kemudian dilelang di Balai Lelang Nagel Auction, Jerman.Dugaan awal keterlibatan Hatcher di Blanakan, Subang, berdasarkan video promosi Hatcher yang disebar di AS dan Eropa melalui internet. Dalam video, Hatcher terlihat melakukan penyelaman dan mengambil beberapa keramik di Blanakan.


Sumber : Suara Karya 30 April 2010 hal.7

When is 'Spying on Your Competition' a Complete Waste of Time?

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:06 AM PDT


When is 'Spying on Your Competition' a Complete Waste of Time?
by: Ron Hutton
Copyright 2005 Ron Hutton

Your brain screams "Gimme Fast", "Gimme Easy", "Do it for me automatically"! So when you see the headline that reads...

"Imagine Spying On Your Competition To Build A Massive Targeted Keyword List Of 3000 Or More Keywords On Auto-Pilot... In 10 Minutes Or Less And Skyrocket Your Adsense Profits Quickly And Easily"

You think "Hmmmm. Sounds good. Looks intriguing..."

"Never Build Another Keyword List The Slow And Hard Way!"

Gosh. Is it possible?

"You must understand that this is a numbers game."

O.K. Now tell me something not quite so obvious.

The above headlines and subheadlines are quoted directly from a sales letter for a relatively new piece of software (no names will be mentioned here) that's intended to eliminate all the "hard work" of doing keyword research. It sounds exciting. No more tedious keyword research. Yes! I find life is so much more enjoyable when I don't have to engage my brain.

Don't pull out your credit card just yet.

With this particular product there's no need to review the entire sales letter to find out what else the software will do for you. It's all nicely summarized in the very first headline.

The sales letter includes a link to view a nice video presentation demonstrating how the software works, and it certainly appears to do exactly what the author says it will. I have no doubt that the program delivers on all of the promises of the sales letter, but what exactly are you getting?

Let's go back to the headline again...

"Imagine Spying On Your Competition To Build A Massive Targeted Keyword List Of 3000 Or More Keywords On Auto-Pilot... In 10 Minutes Or Less And Skyrocket Your Adsense Profits Quickly And Easily"

Again, I may be tempted to plop down one cool C Note, but what's wrong with this picture?

What doesn't this software tell you?

1) Keyword search frequency.
2) The amount of competition for any keyword.
3) Keyword bid cost in Google Adwords and/or the approximate Adsense value.

When you take the approach of "spying on your competition", be very careful not to give your competition too much credit for having done their homework. Maybe they did. Maybe they didn't.

If you generate a "highly targeted" keyword list of 3,000 keywords and you don't know the search frequency, the amount of competition for any of the keywords, the Adword bid cost or the approximate Adsense value, what do you do from there?

ANSWER: Start over.

Some marketers like to say that Wordtracker is just "So Expensive"! Have you seen the price of a "Value Meal" at McDonald's lately? "SuperSize It" and you've spent about the same amount of money that it would cost to gain access to Wordtracker for a day. As of the writing of this article, a one-day subscription to Wordtracker costs $7.65.

If you've never used Wordtracker before, you can easily learn all of the "how to's" in a few hours by using their tutorials, which are very well done. Now you still have 20 hours to do intelligent keyword research. You'll have the answers to the important questions that you really should be asking, and you'll have spent a whopping $7.65. Now that's an outstanding value.

Just because someone creates a software application that "automates" the work for you doesn't necessarily mean that the information you'll generate is worth anything.

Would you rather have...

- A big fat hairy list of 3,000 keywords with no real useful information about any of them.

OR

- A truly valuable list of keywords with the search frequency and amount of competition for each and every keyword.

Choose the latter.

Begin with the end in mind. Formulate a plan. Think through your entire project and strategize.

When you learn how to use Wordtracker efficiently, you'll be able to research 10 niche markets in a day without breaking a sweat.

When it comes to keyword research, there are some shortcuts that you can take by using services like Wordtracker and even some very good software programs, but don't give in to the temptation to shift the gray matter into idle.

There are effective ways to build content sites and there are other "click a button and build a bazillion page site" methods. The shelf life of the latter is getting shorter every week.

In the words of the great Aretha Franklin, "Think. Thinka-think."


About the author:
Ron Hutton is a 20 year sales and marketing veteran with a passion for coaching and training. Subscribe to "GoThrive Online", for big juicy marketing tips in small, easy-to-chew, bite size servings. 17 Free Cool Tools... http://www.gothrive.com


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RI kantongi US$13 juta

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:04 AM PDT


RI kantongi US$13 juta
OLEH APRIKA R. HERNANDA


Indonesia mengantongi sedikitnya US$13 juta dari transaksi penjualan produk perikanan di European Seafood Exposition (ESE) di Brussel, Belgia, yang berlangsung sejak 23 April 2010 dan ditutup kemarin.

Sejumlah produk perikanan yang diminati konsumen Eropa a.l. tuna segar, tuna kaleng ataupun olahan, serta hasil laut lain, seperti cumi-cumi dan juga Ekspor tuna ke UE tak lagi wajib ujigurita.Dirjen Pemasaran dan Pengolahan Hasil Perikanan (P2HP) Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan Martani Huseini ketika dihubungi Bisnis kemarin mengakui hasil penjualan pada tahun ini meningkat dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu yang tercapai sekitar USS9 juta.

"Memang tercapai US$10,5 juta sampai dengan hari kedua. Semoga bisa mencapai US$13 juta sampai hari ini [kemarin]. Produk yang diminati macam-macam, terutama tuna beku, tetapi ada juga cumi-cumi dan produk lain," ujarnya kemarin.Dalam pameran produk perikanan terbesar di Eropa yang berlangsung sejak 26 April 2010 hingga kemarin, delegasi RImembuka sedikitnya 11 stan yang menawarkan sejumlah hasil perikanan, segar ataupun olahan.

Selain hasil tangkapan, dia menyebutkan beberapa produk hasil budi daya laut ataupun tawar juga diminati. Ikan itu a.l. kakap merah dan bawal bintang yang saat ini sudah dibudi-dayakan dengan metode karamba jaring apung di sejumlah perairan di dalam negeri, seperti di Kepri dan Pulau Seribu.

Dicabut

Sementara itu, dia menyatakan Komisi UE telah menyetujui pencabutan wajib uji logam berat dan residu yang selama ini masih diberlakukan pada ekspor ikan tuna asal RI.Kewajiban tersebut merupakan ketentuan komisi UE, Commission Decision (CD) EU No.236/2006 yang menyatakan produk perikanan laut dan budi daya yang diimpor ke kawasan itu harus melalui uji residu antibiotik, histamin. dan logam berat.

"Per 1 Mei 2010, ekspor tuna kita ke EU sudah tidak perlu wajib uji residu antibiotik, histamin, dan logam berat," tegas Martani.Belum lama ini, Direktur Pemasaran Luar Negeri pada Ditjen P2HP KKP Saut P. Hutagalung mengatakan pencabutan kewajiban itu dilakukan dengan mempertimbangkan kasus penolakan produk ekspor tuna yang tidak memenuhi syarat keamananmutu yang diberlakukan UE.

Pencabutan kewajiban ini, lanjut Saut, akan sangat meringankan pelaku usaha yang selama ini harus menanggung biaya penahanan di pelabuhan masuk, biaya uji per parameter logam berat, sewa tempat di pelabuhan. listrik, serta biaya inspeksi yang mencapai US$1,000 per kontainer.Ekspor tuna dan cakalang nasional ke UE sendiri senllai US$50 juta dengan volume 17.000 ton pada 2009. UE merupakan pangsa pasar ketiga setelah Jepang yang menyerap US$130 juta dan US$70 juta. Sementara, total ekspor tuna/caka-lang Indonesia ke dunia sebanyak US$360 juta, (apriko-hemonda g bisnis, co. id)



Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia 30 April 2010,hal.i7

Are Fish Oil Tablets Good for Your Health? – Why Some of Them are Not

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:11 AM PDT


Are Fish Oil Tablets Good for Your Health? – Why Some of Them are Not
by: Laurel Cohen



Are fish oil tablets good for your health or not? Recent news reports seem to indicate that some of them are not. Here's why.

The health benefits of increasing your omega-3 intake may be numerous. But, the risks could outweigh the benefits if PCBs, mercury or other toxins are present in the food or the dietary supplement.

PCB exposure can cause cancer, liver damage and birth defects. Mercury is a poisonous heavy metal that can cause hair loss, skin problems, muscle weakness and kidney damage.

Industrial activity and coal-fired electrical plants are the most common cause of environmental contamination. The most common cause of mercury poisoning is eating contaminated fish.

To date, there are no known cases caused by taking contaminated fish oil tablets. But, people who consume a lot of seafood and also take the supplements could be at an increased risk.

When it comes to PCBs, safe exposure limits have been established. Recent independent testing has revealed that some brands contain amounts that greatly exceed that limit.

For that reason, litigation concerning excessive PCB content is currently underway in the state of California. That's what all the news stories have been about.

I won't mention any brand names here, since the litigation is still ongoing. The defendants of the case were mentioned in the article, but it really doesn't matter. There are ways to make sure that you are always getting the highest quality supplements.

The better manufacturers post a copy of their COA (Certificate of Analysis) on their websites. Batch testing for contaminants is not required by law.

Most companies avoid testing, because they have to pay a licensed laboratory to conduct the tests. That can be expensive. So, you can expect to pay just a little more for fish oil tablets that have been tested.

You can also protect yourself by finding out what species was used to create the supplement. Some species are more likely to contain mercury and/or PCBs. Larger species are an example, although small filter or cleaner species like the menhaden are known to contain high levels of PCBs.

Some companies do not list this information on the label, even though it is an important consideration. Not only is it important for your health, but also for the health of the environment.

Over-fishing in the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia and other areas has resulted in ocean "dead zones", areas where the oxygen content is too low to support life. One of the largest suppliers of fish oil tablets in the US is guilty of using the menhaden, which helps to keep O2 levels stable by cleaning toxins out of the water.

If you choose a good brand, taking a supplement is the most affordable and the safest way to increase your omega-3 intake. Other factors to consider include the total omega-3 content included and the total DHA content. Just because the capsule contains 1000mg of oils does not mean that you are getting 1000mg of omega-3s.

I take fish oil tablets every day, without worry. You can, too, as long as you choose the right brand.

About The Author
Laurel Cohen is a strong advocate of natural health in all its forms: skin care, supplementation, and farm fresh foods. She enjoys introducing people to the best natural products she can find and uses herself daily. Visit her site http://www.omega-3-for-health.com to learn about the omega 3 fish oils Laurel uses daily for optimal health.

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