Kusrini, Mirza D., and Alford, Ross A. (2006) Indonesia's exports of frogs' legs. TRAFFIC Bulletin, 21 (1). pp. 13-24.

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Abstract

Indonesia is one of the world’s largest exporters of frogs’ legs for consumption as food. The majority of the frogs are caught in natural habitat on the island of Java - predominantly the Crab-eating Frog Fejervarya cancrivora (75%), and the Giant Javan Frog Limnonectes macrodon (19%). While the greater number of frogs taken is for local consumption, the available data show increasing numbers of frogs’ legs have been exported from Indonesia over time - from around 28 t in 1969, rising to around 5600 t in 1992 and then declining to around 3800 t in 2002. A strong increase in exports after 1985 corresponded with the banning in that year of exports of edible frogs from India and Pakistan - formerly the principal exporters of frogs’ legs. This paper examines the trade in Indonesia based on export data covering 34 years (1969 to 2002) and market surveys and interviews conducted in 2001 to 2003. Although some concern has been raised about the trade, this paper discusses the possibility that the current level of harvest has not depleted Indonesia’s population of edible frogs. However, it is not possible at the moment to state that current harvest levels are not a problem as insufficient information is available on production for the substantial domestic market.

Item ID:	4216
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	0267-4297
Keywords:	harvest frogs; frog export; Indonesia frog exports
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Additional Information:	© TRAFFIC International. Reproduced from TRAFFIC Bulletin (2006, Volume 21, Issue 1) with permission from TRAFFIC International.
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2009 05:22
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