The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Indonesia’s fisheries sector is dominated by the export value of five main commodities namely shrimp, tuna, blue swimming crab, squid-octopus and seaweed. In 2017, the export value of blue swimming crab ranked third largest after shrimp and tuna.  BSC resources (Portunus pelagicus) are the potential possessed and of high economic value including export commodities, with a value of US $ 152,739,729 (BPS 2018, processed in 2019). The export are increasing especially in Asia, Europe, and America markets. The blue swimming crab are exported in frozen, fresh and processed form using HS Code 030614 (frozen), 030624 (fresh), and 160510 (processed) (KKP, 2022). But, the export activities still have not reached optimal value, some of the causes are (Lastri, 2016):

1). Low amount of crab production in nature. Still the overexploitation of egg-laying crab populations resulted in the scarcity of new seedlings 

2). The way of catching crabs that do not meet international standards with cyanide and others causes the quality of Indonesian crabs to lose quality competition with competitor countries. 

3). The price of blue swimming crab and crabs is actually relatively high, but it is still less attractive for investors to invest in crab cultivation. Factors of high operational costs, risk of loss and inadequate cultivation technology are still a consideration.