The Economic of Marine Sector in Indonesia

The paper investigates the role of the marine sector into Indonesian economy. This study found that the output from this sector supports approximately 7.86% to the economy. Marine sector contributes about 6.06% to the community income and 4.12% to the workforce. In terms of NTB, this sector is estimated to support approximately 6.64% to the total national economy by 2010. It is suggested that fisheries, marine industry, marine infrastructure and marine services are key sectors that are very potential to be developed.