Lhokseumawe City fishing boat fishing base

The sea you see is still in the area of ​​the Fish Auction Area or known as The PPI of Pusong.

In the last few months after the decision was issued by the Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries since March 1, 2018. Thus the area has been upgraded to the location of the Fish Landing Base (PPI). So every fishing boat in the Lhokseumawe government jurisdiction also provides fishing boats in other areas that use PPI Pusong as a location for unloading fish.

The Fish Auction Place was built by the central government with a budget of 1.5 trillion which was carried out in three periods and is still in the third stage of the process. The program that has been set up in 2020 has been completed but due to the influence of the Covid19 situation, development has been suspended because the government is thinking about more important issues like today.

Why is Pusong Village area being used as the main location?

This is influenced by its strategic location in maritime relations. The village of Pusong Lama Lhokseumawe is located on the outskirts of Lhokseumawe City and the distance between the local government headquarters is about 1,000 meters away. The area of ​​the village is around 5 hectares consisting of 5 hamlets such as,

1. Dusun Darussalam Lorong 1
2. Dusun Pancasila Lorong 2
3. Dusun Rawa Jaya Lorong 3
4. Dusun Nelayan Lorong 4
5. Dusun Pasi Lorong 5.

Well, in Hamlet Pasi Lorong 5, located on the coast of Lhokseumawe with an area of ​​more than 1 hectare, which is used as land for fishing fish auction.

Then another thing which is one of the loading and unloading objects of the fish port is a location that is directly connected to the Indian Ocean, meaning that if a fishing boat has just returned from the sea it will meet directly with the PPI Pusong dock.

Since the time of the Pasai ocean empire to the Dutch colonial period and today the area is still functioning on the same thing, namely the location of loading and unloading of merchandise or fishing goods that stopped at the location of the city of Lhokseumawe.

In addition, the region is very suitable to be made as a tourist location for both local and foreign tourists because there are a lot of tourism assets that are in the ethics.

In addition to its vast location, beautiful natural locations are also available, stay again the local government to follow up on areas that have extraordinary tourism potential. If the construction has been completed in a central government project, the surrounding environment will automatically become more beautiful. This area is supported by the construction of Pusong Reservoir which has been used as a natural tourist location around.

The location of the eastern area of ​​Pusong Village has become a Fish Landing Base or PPI, a place where fishing boats have begun to fish in the high seas and subsequently the fish obtained are mostly sold for consumption by residents in the city of Lhokseumawe in particular and generally for Aceh Province and in Aceh export out of the region or areas adjacent to the province of Aceh.

This is a brief description of the city of Lhokseumawe fish bases that have existed since time immemorial. Thank you very much.