Blue Swimming Crab in Indonesia
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- 28 February 2022
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The potential of Blue Swimming Crab in Indonesia as an export commodity
Blue Swimming Crab (Portunus pelagicus) is one of the members of the crustacean class which is an important export commodity from Indonesia. BSC Industry (Portunus pelagicus) has rapid development and high economic value in Indonesia. Total exports of BSC meat increased from 10.9 thousand tons in 2014 to 15.8 and 19.4 thousand tons in 2015 and 2016 (APRI, 2016). BSC includes export commodities because it has very tasty meat and can be processed into a variety of cuisines so that this animal is in high demand by seafood lovers (Sudhakar et al. 2009). BSC Fisheries are unique Nearly 80% of Indonesia’s BSC production is exported to the United States and very little is consumed in the domestic market (APRI, 2014).
The Nutrition of Blue Swimming Crab
Blue Swimming Crab has 2 gender, namely females and males each have differences in physical form. In the sex of the female is characterized by a pointed shape on the lower part of her body, while the female is characterized by a blunt shape. The classification of the meat is divided into several parts, namely: claw, special, jumbo, backfin, jumbo colossal and lump. While Blue Swimming Crab also has a high nutritional content, including: calcium, carbohydrates, phosphor, iron, vitamin A and Vitamin B (Jacoeb et al,2012). BSC meat protein consists of 15 amino acids, 9 essential amino acids and 6 non-essential amino acids. The highest content of essential amino acids in meat is arginine (Jacoeb et al,2012). To maintain the protein and nutritional content in the packaging is done by airtight in the can. The packaging has gone through the pasteurization process to maintain the sterility of the can.
Sources:
Sudhakar M, Manivannan K, Soundrapandian P. 2009. Nutritive value of hard and soft shell crabs of Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst). Journal Animal and Veterinary Advances 1(2): 44-48
Jacob,A,M.Nurjannah.Lingga,L,A,B.2012.Karakteristik Protein dan Asam Amino Daging Rajungan (Portunus Pelagicus) Akibat Pengukusan.Teknologi Hasil Perairan, Fakultas Perikanan dan Ilmu Kelautan, Institut Pertanian Bogor
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