“…In comparison to other regions of the world, BTs contamination in Indonesian seafood is much lower than that from Malaysia, Thailand, Hongkong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and USA (Chen, Huang, Ho, Chang, & Liu, 2008;Harino, Fukushima, & Kawai, 2000;Hong, Takahashi, Min, & Tanabe, 2002;Prudente, 2008;Short & Sharp, 1989;Sudaryanto, 2002) as presented in Table 1. The BTs concentration in Indonesian seafood is comparable to those from Cambodia and Vietnam, eventhough the use of organotin has been banned by International Maritime Organization (IMO).…”