DKP DIY Said Residents Began To Fall In Handing Over Predators After The Male Case In Malang Was Imprisoned For 5 Months
YOGYAKARTA - The Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) has begun to receive many types of predatory fish from the community following the case of a man in Malang, East Java, who was jailed for 5 months for raising the invasive fish.
"In recent months, we have received many Aligator fish handovers from the community, especially yesterday there was a viral in Malang," said Head of Coastal Maritime Affairs and Supervision of DKP DIY Veronica Vony RUrong in Yogyakarta, Antara, Monday, October 7.
According to Vony, DKP DIY has also provided a place to accommodate predatory fish that are handed over by the community in the office complex to be destroyed.
"You could say it's like a 'fish rescue'. So it's a place to accommodate fish that will be destroyed," he said.
The destruction of each of the dangerous fish is confirmed by Vony, using a special method. "If the fish are big, we usually have special techniques, but if the fish are small, we use clove oil," he said.
According to Vony, as many as 31 predatory fish from the handover of the community have been destroyed in 2024 consisting of 28 Aligator fish, 2 Piranha fish, and 1 Arapaima.
He said that socialization related to the prohibition of raising predatory fish to the community had been carried out by DKP DIY since 2023.
The prohibition refers to the Ministerial Regulation (Permen) of Marine Fisheries (KP) Number 19 of 2020, namely the prohibition of income, cultivation, distribution and expenditure of fish types that are harmful or harmful, to and from the management area of the State of the Republic of Indonesia.
predatory or invasive fish are also prohibited from being used as decoration, except for research needs.
Considering the weight of predatory fish such as Aligator or Arapaima which can reach hundreds of kilograms, according to him, DKP DIY is ready to facilitate pick-up for people who will hand over the fish.
"Sometimes they fish too big. For example, the fish Arapaima usually reaches a size of 2-3 meters, it can weigh 200 kg, so they may have difficulty," he said.
Vony hopes that more and more people will be moved to hand over the fish because if it releases into public waters it will threaten the fish habitat in this area.
He guaranteed that if the community submitted voluntarily they would not be subject to sanctions or punishments.
"If there is, leave it to us. If it is difficult to handle fish that are already big, we can help later. We will come to destroy it at the office," he said.
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Apart from Malang, East Java, according to Vony, in DIY there are also three residents who have been sentenced to prison for one to two months in 2024 for being proven to have kept and sold the fish.