Support PON XX, PT Perindo Supply Fish for Athletes in Papua

PT Perikanan Indonesia (Persero) ensures sufficient protein supply for athletes competing in the 20th National Sports Week or PON XX Papua 2021.

PON Papua is held in four areas, namely Jayapura City, Jayapura Regency, Mimika Regency, and Merauke Regency. Therefore, PT Perikanan Indonesia (Perindo) Merauke unit also contributes to support the smooth running of this biennial sports week.

President Director of PT Perindo Fatah Setiawan Topobroto said the company as a BUMN fully supports the success of the XX PON sports event in Papua Province. The support provided is to supply various types of fish as a source of protein.

"We supply 100-150 kilograms of fish per day during PON XX which takes place from October 2 until PON XX ends on October 15, 2021," he said, quoted from his official statement, Monday (10/11/2021).

The fish sent to the sub-consumption section of PON XX are fresh fish including snakehead fish, fan fish and grouper fish. The three types of fish are fish caught by fishermen in Merauke waters. The fisherman is a partner of PT Perindo whose fish are always absorbed by the BUMN in the fisheries sector.

"This fish comes from fishermen in the eastern tip of Indonesia for the proud athletes of the country," said Fatah.

Fatah explained that the fish caught by these fishermen were cleaned first at the fish management site by PT Perindo. The fish is cut, cleaned of bones, cleaned of fish skin and sent to the sub-consumption of PON XX in a state that has been cut and packaged hygienically.

PT Perindo also does not just supply fish for PON. The sent fish have been sampled and tested for protein content whether it is suitable for consumption or not.

Director of Operations of PT Perindo Raenhat Tiranto Hutabarat added that snakehead fish is a native commodity of Merauke. He hopes this snakehead fish can be processed in such a way to supply the athletes' protein. Moreover, snakehead fish is rich in albumin which is useful for treating wounds, recovering injuries and preventing inflammation.

"PT Perindo continues to be committed to being an off taker for fishermen's catch, to be processed or distributed to consumers, one of which is for PON athletes in Papua," he concluded.

XX Papua PON was attended by 34 contingents with the number of athletes reaching 7,039 athletes. PON XX Papua will compete in 37 sports, 56 disciplines and 681 match numbers and compete for 681 gold medals, 681 silver medals and 877 bronze medals.

SOURCE: https://ekonomi.bisnis.com/read/20211011/99/1452977/support-pon-xx-pt-perindo-suplai-ikan-untuk-para-atlet-di-papua