Massive die off of fish in fish farms in Lampung, Indonesia

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Due to the death of a goldfish, fish farmers in the keramba property in the dam Way Rarem, Abung Pekurun, North Lampung, suffered losses. Where a dead fish, yesterday in a market or sell to individuals.
 
“Yesterday’s dead fish for sale into the market,” said Syed, a fish farmer, Wednesday (12/8).
 
The selling price of fish, perkilogramnya in value of IDR 10 thousand, there are even being sold at Rp 7,500. Whereas, terusnya the price of the fish normally 23-20 thousand Usd thousand perkilogramnya. Losses are estimated up to hundreds of millions of dead fish as a result. “A dead Fish vary in size there are a sekilonya of contents 2, there are three, even four fish,” he said.
 
Currently, the central local farmers, do not graze against the fish is still alive.
 
The reason, if given food, will cause water effect will be filled with fish shit.
 
“Our” fasting “‘s already two days. It is usually given two or three times a day, “he said while saying since last night the farmer decreased sleep, for operating the alkon or water pump. Alkon, used to smoothen the oxygen in the water in the ponds, which are intended to minimize the death of fish.
 
“The rest of the fish in my pond around 4 tons in 8 swimming pond,” explained him.
 
Until this afternoon, from the Fisheries Agency North Lampung, no one comes to the Way Rarem, to simply see or review the location of the fish die.
 
Meanwhile, Faisol one roving fish traders, the number of carp in the market today are many in number. In fact, the selling price ranged from Rp 15 thousand to Rp 18 thousand. “Goldfish market abundant in number,” he said.
 
Fish farmers in North Lampung District complained of extreme temperature change in the last few weeks. The reason, the change in temperature from the heat during the day and cold at night resulted in the death of fish in the pond, which is located at the dam way Rarem, Abung Pekurun, North Lampung on Tuesday (11/8).
 
Inca, one of the local fish farmers say the goldfish in the pond towards size 12 x 12 meters of sudden death, with one kolamnya contains three tons of fish was 2-2.5 months. Although not directly a lot are dying, but the condition of the fish is already critical. “The fish already mangap, so must be remove from the embankment. But the age of the fish is still around 2 to 2.5 months, “he said to Tribunlampung, Tuesday (11/8).
 
However, he is worried he will be getting a lot of dead fish. For menyiasatinya, he adds alkon for fish respiration. He confesses himself suffered a loss due to the incident is estimated at Rp 2 billion, with details of the feed as much as 100 tons of perpekan. “A dead Fish weighing range 5-8 ounces of perikannya,” he said while explaining the number of fish farmers who suffered such things as many as 8 people, with an average of 1 ton of fish death.
Courtesy of lampung.tribunnews.com

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