Boxmeer, The Netherlands-based Hendrix Genetics has released a plan to establish a subsidiary and start producing shrimp broodstock in Indonesia.
Hendrix Genetics will set up a broodstock multiplication center in Indonesia, with the aim of supplying high-quality, specific pathogen free (SPF) broodstock to local hatcheries by early 2021, according to a company statement.
Hendrix Genetics Managing Director of Aquaculture Neil Manchester told SeafoodSource in a 21 October email the company has formed PT Kona Bay Indonesia, but is waiting for final approval from Indonesian government to move forward with its operation.
The Dutch company will send high-quality postlarvae from the Kona Bay strategic nucleus in Hawaii to the Indonesian facility its ensure its genetically enhanced broodstock is available year-round.
Hendrix Genetics said its operations will initially be based at a SPF facility in West Java, but they will move to a brand-new, state-of-the-art SPF facility in North Bali within two years. The North Bali units will have the capacity to produce more than 100,000 vannamei broodstock per year.
Manchester said its recently-renovated SPF hatchery in West Java is now ready to receive first postlarvae from Hawaii.
“We are delighted to announce this latest development in the expansion of our global shrimp breeding activities. Indonesia is a key market for us, and we are committed to providing all our valued customers with the very best broodstock, custom-produced for the highest performance characteristics needed to support this great industry in Indonesia,” Manchester said.
The Kona Bay brand accounts for about 60 percent of the market share of SPF broodstock in Indonesia. Hendrix Genetics said it hopes the new operations in Indonesia will help it expand the market share and sales volume “in line with Indonesian government strategy."
Indonesia has set the target of producing 578,579 metric tons (MT) of shrimp in 2024, a massive increase over its 2018 total of 197,433 MT. Of that total, Indonesia hopes to export 363,067 MT of shrimp in 2024, up sharply from the 145,226 MT it exported in 2018.
Hendrix Genetics currently runs shrimp breeding and production activities in Hawaii, Ecuador, and Malaysia, as well as a trout-breeding operation in the U.S. and salmon-breeding operations in Chile and Scotland, according to the company.
