Fadel Muhammad selaku Ketua Panitia Nasional Sail Banda yang diluncurkan pada 16 April 2010 di Ambon, mengajak semua pihak untuk menyukseskan kegiatan bahari bertaraf internasional tersebut. "Peluncuran ini bertujuan sebagai penyebarluasan informasi penyelenggaraan Sail Banda 2010 kepada masyarakat di Indonesia maupun di luar negeri, khususnya warga Maluku," katanya di Ambon, Jumat malam. Ia menyatakan, Kepulauan Banda merupakan salah satu daerah bersejarah dalam perjuangan kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia. Pada abad ke-16 Kepulauan itu menjadi satu-satunya penghasil buah pala yang merupakan komoditi paling dicari bangsa Eropa. "Pada masa lampau keberadaan Pulau Banda dalam perdagangan dunia sangatlah besar," katanya. Menurutnya, penyelenggaraan Sail Banda 2010 memiliki tujuan strategis untuk mempromosikan alam indonesia, khususnya Maluku, kepada wisatawan mancanegara untuk mengunjunginya, karena di situlah tempat untuk melihat panorama pantai dan keindahan bawah laut. Keindahan yang dimiliki Maluku sebagai salah satu provinsi kepulauan di Indonesia dapat menjadi salah satu destinasi pariwisata bahari kelas dunia di masa mendatang. Sail Banda 2010 akan berlangsung mulai 12 Juni hingga 17 Agustus. Selain reli kapal layar dari berbagai negara, kegiatan juga meliputi bakti sosial Surya Bhaskara Jaya, yakni pelayanan dan penyuluhan kesehatan, pengobatan serta operasi katarak dan bibir sumbing secara gratis kepada masyarakat pada berbagai pulau di Maluku, dijadwalkan tanggal 12 Juni. Pengobatan dan operasi gratis tersebut menggunakan kapal Rumah Sakit TNI Angkatan Laut, KRI Dr. Suharso serta kapal-kapal dari Singapura, Malaysia, Australia dan kapal induk kesehatan Amerika Serikat, yakni USNS (United States Naval Ship) Mercy. Kegiatan lainnya termasuk olah raga bahari, lintas nusantara remaja bahari, festival budaya dan atraksi wisata, bersih pantai dan laut, seminar nasional maupun internasional, pameran produk kelautan dan perikanan Maluku, serta mengenang kejayaan armada laut kerajaan Majapahit dengan pelayaran kapal "Spirit of Majapahit" untuk keliling dunia juga akan menjadi bagian dalam penyelenggaraan Sail Banda 2010. "Pada akhir acara Sail Banda akan diadakan upacara peringatan HUT Proklamasi Kemerdekaan ke-65 R.I di salah satu pulau terluar Indonesia, yakni Pulau Kisar, Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya (MBD)," kata Fadel Muhammad. Ia menambahkan, Maluku yang memiliki potensi ikan pelagis dan demersial yang sangat tinggi dengan sumberdaya ikan 1.640.160 ton per tahun, terdiri dari ikan pelagis sebanyak 261.490 ton, pelagis kecil 980.100 ton, demersal 295.500 ton, ikan karang 47.700 ton, udang 44.000 ton, lobster 800 ton dan cumi-cumi 10.570 ton, ditetapkan sebagai lumbung ikan nasional.


English:
Ambon (ANTARA) - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Fadel Muhammad as the Chairman of the National Committee for Sail Banda launched on 16 April 2010 in Ambon, invites all parties for the success of the international maritime activities. "This launch aims as organizing information dissemination to the public in 2010 Sail Banda in Indonesia and abroad, especially to the people of Maluku," he said in Ambon, Friday night. He states, Banda Islands is one of the historic district in the struggle for independence of the Republic of Indonesia. At Islands of the 16th century it became the sole producer of nutmeg which is the most sought-after commodity Europeans. "In the past existence of the island of Banda in world trade are enormous," he said. According to him, organizing Sail Banda in 2010 has a strategic goal to promote Indonesian nature, especially in the Moluccas, for foreign tourists to visit it, because that's where the place to view the panorama of beach and underwater beauty. Owned beauty as one of the provinces of Maluku islands in Indonesia could become one of the world-class marine tourism destination in the future. Banda Sail 2010 will be held from June 12 until August 17. In addition to sailboats rally from various countries, also includes social activities Surya Bhaskara Jaya, namely services and health education, treatment and cataract surgery and cleft lip for free to the public on various islands in the Moluccas, scheduled on June 12. Medications and surgery are free to use the ship Navy Hospital, KRI Dr. Suharso and ships from Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United States health carriers, namely USNS (United States Naval Ship) Mercy. Other activities include marine sports, teen domestic maritime traffic, cultural festivals and tourist attractions, clean beaches and sea, of national and international seminars, exhibitions of maritime affairs and fisheries products Maluku, and remembering the glory of Majapahit royal navy with the cruise ship "Spirit of Majapahit" to travel around the world will also be a part in organizing Sail Banda in 2010. "At the end of the event will be held Sail Banda Independence anniversary ceremony of the 65 RI at one of the outer islands of Indonesia, namely rotation Island, Southwest Maluku District (MBD)," said Fadel Muhammad. He added, Maluku, which has the potential of pelagic fish and demersial very high with fish resources 1,640,160 tons per year, consisting of pelagic fish as much as 261,490 tonnes, 980,100 tonnes of small pelagic, demersal 295,500 tonnes, 47,700 tonnes of reef fish, shrimp, 44,000 tons, lobster 800 tonnes and 10,570 tonnes of squid, fish designated as national granaries.