The Garut Police Unit (Satpolairud) together with fishermen conducted a search for dozens of boats that were reported missing due to being carried away by high waves in the waters of Garut Regency, West Java.
"The number of missing boats is 47 boats. The boats were lost when they were stored in Cipunaga Harbor, Cibalong District," said Head of the Garut Police Satpolairud Iptu Aep Saprudin when contacted by cell phone in Garut, Friday, confiscated by Antara.
He said the weather conditions in the southern waters of Garut were quite unfriendly to the high waves, so they dragged a number of fishing boats stored at Cipunaga Port, Cibalong District, Garut, Wednesday (6/8).
The Garut Police Satpolairud, who received information on Thursday, August 7, said he, immediately moved to search for boats that were dragged by the waves in the waters.
"The Garut Police Satpolairud personnel helped fishermen search for missing boats dragged by high wave currents," he said.
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He conveyed that his staff had succeeded in identifying who the boat belonged to, which amounted to 47 boats with the value of material losses still counted.
The missing fishing boat, he said, was because it escaped from the stake and anchorage due to being hit by sea waves due to bad weather hit the southern region of Garut, fortunately the incident did not cause any casualties.
"There are no fatalities," he said.
He conveyed that his staff were searching for fishing boats by walking along the sea waters where the boats were carried away by waves to the area or around the Port of Cipunaga.
The search effort, he said, was carried out jointly using fishing boats that still pay attention to the conditions of the danger of the sea, and the weather for the safety of the search team.
"With the weather still bad, we cannot impose safety considerations, all ships escape the stake and anchor due to being hit by waves and carried back by the backflow," he said.
He appealed to fishing communities to always be aware of extreme weather conditions by not doing fishing activities in the middle of the ocean.
Fishermen who want to go to sea, he said, even though the weather is good, they still have to pay attention to their own safety by preparing safety equipment and using buoys.
"Always be aware of extreme weather, fishermen should not force them to go to sea, when going to sea always pay attention to safety equipment," he said.
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