Tinjau Pasar Ikan Fandoi Biak, Wapres Tekankan Mutu Hasil Nelayan untuk Perluasan Pasar Ekspor

BIAK - Usai meninjau Sekolah Rakyat Menengah Atas 41 Biak Numfor untuk memastikan penyelenggaraan pendidikan berjalan dengan baik, Wakil Presiden (Wapres) Gibran Rakabuming meninjau Pasar Ikan Fandoi di Kabupaten Biak Numfor, Papua, untuk melihat langsung aktivitas jual beli ikan, rantai distribusi hasil perikanan, serta fasilitas pendukung yang digunakan pedagang dan nelayan, Selasa (13/01/2026). 

Dalam peninjauan tersebut, Wapres memastikan penguatan ekonomi nelayan dilakukan secara terintegrasi, sejalan dengan penugasan Presiden Prabowo Subianto untuk membangun Kampung Nelayan sebagai pusat produksi, pengolahan, dan pemasaran perikanan rakyat. 

Kampung Nelayan yang tengah dibangun pemerintah pusat di Biak diharapkan terhubung langsung dengan pasar rakyat seperti Pasar Ikan Fandoi, sehingga perbaikan fasilitas, kelancaran distribusi, dan peningkatan daya saing produk perikanan lokal dapat berjalan beriringan, menjadikan pasar tidak hanya sebagai ruang transaksi, tetapi juga motor kesejahteraan masyarakat pesisir.

Dalam peninjauan ini, Wapres didampingi Gubernur Papua  Mathius D. Fakhiri, Pangdam XVII/Cenderawasih Mayjen TNI Amrin Ibrahim, Direktur PT Biak Ocean Seafood Yunus Saflembolo, Wakil Bupati Biak Numfor Jimmy Carter Rumbarar Kapissa, serta Kepala Dinas (Kadis) Perikanan Kabupaten Biak Numfor Effendi Igirisa.

Dalam kesempatan tersebut, Wapres juga meninjau langsung operasional cool storage yang berada di kawasan Pasar Ikan Fandoi. Ia menekankan pentingnya menjaga mutu hasil perikanan sebagai kunci untuk memperluas akses pasar ekspor. 

“Mutu harus dijaga agar hasil perikanan nelayan dapat menembus pasar ekspor,” tegas Wapres.

Dalam kesempatan terpisah, Kadis Perikanan Biak Numfor Effendi Igirisa menjelaskan bahwa fasilitas tersebut memiliki kapasitas penyimpanan hingga 200 ton dengan kemampuan pembekuan mencapai 10 ton melalui air blast freezer (ABF).

“Cool storage ini dibangun pada 2018 melalui program Sentra Kelautan dan Perikanan Terpadu Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan dengan dukungan dana dari JICA. Saat ini asetnya sudah diserahkan kepada Pemerintah Daerah Biak Numfor dan dikerjasamakan dengan PT Biak Ocean Seafood,” ujar Effendi.

Menurutnya, PT Biak Ocean Seafood membeli ikan dari nelayan di berbagai wilayah, mulai dari Biak Timur, Biak Utara, Biak Barat, dan Biak Kota hingga wilayah kepulauan di sekitarnya. Dalam waktu sekitar tiga bulan beroperasi, pengelola telah mengirimkan enam kontainer ikan ke Semarang untuk kemudian disortir dan diekspor ke Tiongkok.

Effendi menambahkan, untuk menjaga kontinuitas pasokan, pengelola juga menambah armada tangkap sendiri berupa kapal berukuran sekitar 54 GT. Langkah ini dilakukan agar stabilitas usaha tetap terjaga, terutama saat cuaca kurang mendukung dan hasil tangkapan nelayan berkurang.

Lebih lanjut, ia menyebut keberadaan cool storage berdampak positif terhadap pendapatan nelayan. Dengan fasilitas penyimpanan yang memadai, hasil tangkapan nelayan dapat diserap dalam jumlah besar tanpa menyebabkan penurunan harga di pasar. 

“Harga menjadi lebih stabil, sehingga pendapatan nelayan meningkat,” katanya.

Selain ikan, Pasar Fandoi juga menyediakan berbagai kebutuhan pangan lainnya, termasuk sayuran. Di sela-sela peninjauan, Wakil Presiden menyempatkan diri menyapa para pedagang, tidak hanya pedagang ikan, tetapi juga pedagang sayur yang beraktivitas di pasar tersebut.

Salah satunya, Dolfina Pondayar (66), pedagang pinang yang telah berjualan di Pasar Fandoi sejak 2002. Ia menyampaikan rasa senangnya atas kehadiran Wapres sekaligus berharap adanya dukungan permodalan bagi pedagang kecil, khususnya perempuan Papua. 

“Kami perempuan Papua ini jualan, tapi kekurangan kami hanya modal. Jadi kami jual sedikit-sedikit,” ujarnya.

Sebagai informasi, Pasar Ikan Fandoi memiliki pasar kering seluas 1.250 meter persegi dan pasar basah seluas 750 meter persegi, dengan tiga los yang dilengkapi 60 meja beton. Saat ini tercatat sekitar 60 pedagang sayur dan 110 pedagang ikan aktif berjualan setiap hari, mulai pukul 06.00 hingga 23.00 WIT. Peninjauan ini menegaskan komitmen pemerintah dalam memperkuat pasar rakyat sebagai fondasi ekonomi daerah, sekaligus memperluas akses kesejahteraan bagi nelayan dan pedagang kecil di Tanah Papua. ***

BIAK — After reviewing Senior High School 41 Biak Numfor to ensure that educational services were being carried out properly, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming visited Fandoi Fish Market in Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, to directly observe fish trading activities, the distribution chain of fishery products, as well as supporting facilities used by traders and fishermen, on Tuesday (13/01/2026).

During the visit, the Vice President emphasized that strengthening the fishermen's economy must be carried out in an integrated manner, in line with President Prabowo Subianto's directive to develop Kampung Nelayan (Fishermen's Village) as a center for the production, processing, and marketing of community-based fishery products.

The Fishermen's Village currently being developed by the central government in Biak is expected to be directly connected with public markets such as Fandoi Fish Market, so that improvements in facilities, smoother distribution, and increased competitiveness of local fishery products can progress hand in hand—making the market not only a place for transactions, but also a driver of prosperity for coastal communities.

During this inspection, the Vice President was accompanied by Papua Governor Mathius D. Fakhiri, Commander of the XVII/Cenderawasih Military Regional Command Major General TNI Amrin Ibrahim, Director of PT Biak Ocean Seafood Yunus Saflembolo, Deputy Regent of Biak Numfor Jimmy Carter Rumbarar Kapissa, and Head of the Biak Numfor Fisheries Office Effendi Igirisa.

On this occasion, the Vice President also directly inspected the operation of the cool storage facility located in the Fandoi Fish Market area. He stressed the importance of maintaining the quality of fishery products as the key to expanding access to export markets.

"Quality must be maintained so that fishermen's fishery products can penetrate export markets," the Vice President emphasized.

In a separate statement, Head of the Biak Numfor Fisheries Office Effendi Igirisa explained that the facility has a storage capacity of up to 200 tons, with freezing capability reaching 10 tons through an air blast freezer (ABF).

"This cool storage facility was built in 2018 through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries' Integrated Marine and Fisheries Center program with funding support from JICA. The asset has now been handed over to the Biak Numfor Regional Government and is being managed in cooperation with PT Biak Ocean Seafood," Effendi said.

According to him, PT Biak Ocean Seafood purchases fish from fishermen across various areas, including East Biak, North Biak, West Biak, and Biak City, as well as surrounding island regions. In approximately three months of operation, the management has shipped six containers of fish to Semarang, where they are then sorted and exported to China.

Effendi added that, to maintain supply continuity, the operator has also expanded its own fishing fleet with a vessel of around 54 GT. This step was taken to preserve business stability, especially when weather conditions are unfavorable and fishermen's catches decline.

He further stated that the presence of the cool storage facility has had a positive impact on fishermen's income. With adequate storage facilities, fishermen's catches can be absorbed in large quantities without causing prices to fall in the market.

"Prices have become more stable, so fishermen's incomes have increased," he said.

In addition to fish, Fandoi Market also provides various other food needs, including vegetables. On the sidelines of the visit, the Vice President took time to greet the traders—not only fish sellers, but also vegetable vendors operating in the market.

One of them was Dolfina Pondayar (66), a betel nut seller who has been trading at Fandoi Market since 2002. She expressed her happiness over the Vice President's visit and hoped for capital assistance for small traders, especially Papuan women.

"We Papuan women sell goods, but our only shortcoming is capital. So we can only sell a little at a time," she said.

For information, Fandoi Fish Market has a dry market area of 1,250 square meters and a wet market area of 750 square meters, with three market halls equipped with 60 concrete tables. Currently, around 60 vegetable traders and 110 fish traders are actively selling there every day, from 06.00 to 23.00 Eastern Indonesia Time. This visit reaffirmed the government's commitment to strengthening traditional markets as the foundation of the regional economy, while also expanding access to prosperity for fishermen and small traders in the Land of Papua. ***