Head of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) Agam, Ermanto in Lubukbasung on Wednesday said the death of fish due to high winds that occurred a few days ago.

“The wind blows the water resulted in a reversal of the lake bottom to the water surface, so that the air in the bottom of the lake into a vacuum,” he said.

He said dozens of tonnes of dead fish is the highest in the region Bayua and lascivious.

“This fish is dead since a few days ago in some floating net cages owned by farmers,” said Ermanto.

As a result of this incident, the farmers suffered a loss of about Rp260 million, due to the price of fish in the market around Rp26.000 per kilogram.

To overcome this, Ermanto said, farmers are encouraged to stop stocking and immediate early harvest so that the other fish do not die.

Then, turn on the oxygen pump that has been given to the fishermen Agam DKP by 30 units in 2013, stop feeding for a while and others.

Previously, DKP Agam has given a circular to farmers to reduce seeding in August 2013 until January 2014, because at that time extreme weather that resulted in water rising to the surface and tubo Balerang.

“This circular every year we provide to the public with the aim that the farmers do not experience substantial losses. Yet people ignore these calls,” he said.

He said, KJA fish deaths in Lake Maninjau reduced in each year, as many as 15,000 tons in 2008, then 2009 was 15,000 tons, 500 tons in 2010.

In 2011 as much as 500 tons, and 300 tons in 2012 and 2013 dropped to eight tons.

A farmer in floating cages Bayau, Amin, said he suffered a loss of tens of millions of dollars.

“Average dead fish ready for harvest. Myself pick two units of fish cages almost died. Cages can be harvested one ton of fish to reach a size of 8×10 meter cages,” he said.

He said at present there are about Maninjau 16.000an floating net cages. Each farmer has about 4-10 cages.