Fearing The Lack Of Wind And Rain-free Oxygen, 5 Tons Of Fish In Lake Maninjau West Sumatra Were Moved

Head of the Agam Fisheries and Food Security Service, Rosva Deswira/ANTARA

The Department of Fisheries and Food Security in Agam Regency, West Sumatra, noted that about five tons of floating net cage fish (KJA) in Lake Maninjau were moved by owners to temporary shelters to anticipate mass deaths from strong winds accompanied by rain that hit the area. "Farmers are moving ready-to-harvest fish to their temporary shelters," said Head of the Agam Fisheries and Food Security Service, Rosva Deswira in Lubukbasung, West Sumatra, Antara, Thursday, November 17. He said the five tons of fish belonged to several KJA farmers in Talao, Nagari Koto Malintang. The fish were moved to anticipate mass deaths from oxygen at the bottom of the lake reduced after strong winds accompanied by rain hit the area a few days ago. With this condition, he continued, tilapia and mas fish avoided death when oxygen conditions decreased in the waters of the volcanic lake. "This is in anticipation of the losses suffered by farmers, so they moved their fish," said Rosva Deswira. He admitted that the condition of Lake Maninjau's water changed when strong winds accompanied by rain hit the area. As a result, he said, the fish in KJA float to look for air to the surface of the lake and if it is not immediately addressed, it has the potential for mass death. "The lake water changes from its original condition, so the fish float to the surface," he said. For this reason, he appealed to other farmers to immediately move ready-to-harvest fish to the shelter location. "The appeal is directly conveyed to farmers through field agricultural instructors," said Rosva Deswira.