The Oxygen Content Of Danau Ranau Is Starting To Get Normal, Cases Of Mass Death Of Drastic Reduced Fish

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JAKARTA - The West Lampung Fisheries Service, Lampung stated that the deaths of hundreds of tons of fish in Danau Ranau, Lumbok Seminung District, had begun to decrease because oxygen levels returned to normal.

"Yesterday (Tuesday, 17/1) in the Lumbok Seminung area there was heavy rain, and oxygen levels are also approaching normal, so the mass death of fish in Ranau Lake has subsided and almost no more," said Secretary of the West Lampung Fisheries Service, Relegius Helman, in Liwa, Wednesday 18 January.

He said the condition was influenced by oxygen levels that had improved. According to him, there are already several cage managers who have feed fish.

"There are already cage managers who have started to feed fish again because oxygen levels are improving," he said.

His party appealed to cage fish cultivators to remain alert to the weather, and the condition of lake water.

"So that the cultivators remain vigilant because the weather conditions are uncertain, and the water conditions are not yet normal," he said.

"For dead fish, they should be disposed of somewhere and can also be processed into fertilizer, because some have been sprayed fermented and mixed with soil," said Religius Helman.