Seputarkarawang.com - Karawang, Karawang — The business opportunities for cultivating catfish in the Klari District, Karawang Regency, on Sunday, May 10 2026, are now increasingly promising. The high market demand, especially for the needs of the MBG program, marination business, and the daily consumption needs of the community, has resulted in a significant shortage of catfish on the market.Seeing this condition, Wawan as Chair of KORCAM Klari from the Karawang Entrepreneur Sejahtera UMKM community began mapping catfish farmers in the Klari area and its surroundings. This step was taken to maintain supply stability and open up opportunities for collaboration between catfish farming farmers in Karawang. According to Wawan, currently the demand for catfish is very high, reaching around one ton per day from just one point of demand. However, the existing supply capacity is still far from market needs."Currently catfish are really rare. The price on the market can even reach Rp. 35 thousand per kilogram. This shows that the business opportunities for catfish cultivation are still very wide open," said Wawan.
He added that farmer mapping was carried out so that cultivators could connect with each other and strengthen distribution networks. With good coordination, it is hoped that market needs can be better met while improving the welfare of the surrounding community.During the mapping process, Wawan also made friends with one of the successful farmers in the Sumur Kondang area, Klari, named H. Enjang. Even though he has only been involved in catfish cultivation for approximately two and a half years, his business development is considered very rapid.Currently H. Enjang has 21 round ponds with a diameter of 3 meters as well as six hatchery and spawning ponds. In fact, the monthly feed requirement reaches around six tonnes or approximately 200 sacks. Interestingly, H. Enjang revealed that the demand for catfish reaches almost one ton per day. However, the production capacity is only able to reach around six tons per month. This means that there is still a huge shortage of demand for catfish in the region."This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to start a catfish cultivation business. Even at a young age, we can still work and produce. Cultivating catfish can be a savings for the future," said H. Enjang.Wawan also emphasized that starting a cultivation business is not only about capital, but also requires the right knowledge and assistance. Because of that, he opened a discussion space for people who want to learn about cultivating catfish from small to large scale."Let's start trying from home. Whether small or large, anything can be started. Later we can sit down together to discuss how to cultivate catfish properly and correctly so that the harvest is maximized," he added.Through the spirit of collaboration and community empowerment, the Karawang Entrepreneur Sejahtera community hopes that catfish cultivation can become one of the leading business sectors capable of improving the economic level of the community, especially in the Klari area and Karawang Regency as a whole. general.With the current high market demand, catfish cultivation is considered not just a side business, but has become a very potential business opportunity for the future.
