Indonesia with coastline of 95,181 km is the second longest coastline in the world and home to many types of molluscs with abundant potential for raw materials

Indonesian Shellfish production is projected to increase at least 12% per year, and is estimated to be 137 thousand tons by 2024. Indonesia Shell is exported mainly to Malaysia, Thailand, USA, East Asia, and Canada.

In Indonesia, fish balls are called bakso ikan (fish bakso) and often served with tofu, vegetables, and fish otak-otak in clear broth soup. The fish ball is usually made by using tengiri or batang fish (it is a white fish that is very well known in Indonesia and easy to get in the wet market or supermarket).

A clam is a type of shellfish. Clams can be found in saltwater and freshwater. This is a common usage term, and so includes quite a variety of shellfish. Clams are a fairly common form of bivalve, therefore making it part of the phylum Mollusc. There are many clams in the ocean, but some can also be found in some lakes, streams, and rivers.

Export value of lobster from Indonesia in 2020 was 75.2 billion US dollars with a volume of 2,022 tons.