The Impact Of The Sulfur Burst, Nearly 20 Tons Of Fish In Lake Batur Bali Die

Dead fish in Lake Batur Kintamani Bali (IST)

BANGLI - The effect of the sulfur blast that occurred in the Lake Batur area, Kintamani, Bangli Regency, Bali, caused thousands of tilapia species to die in floating net cages (KJA).

"What we have evacuated is around 17.8 tons. There are dozens of farmers affected, some belonging to groups and some belonging to individuals as well," said Head of the Bangli Regency Agriculture, Food Security and Fisheries Service (PKP), I Wayan Sarma, when contacted , Monday, July 19.

This calculation does not include the evacuation efforts carried out by the farmers themselves.

“There are also people who collect from their cages on their own consciousness, they bury them in their own land, there are up to 20 tons. It can come," he added.

A burst of sulfur in Lake Batur has occurred since Wednesday, July 14 last morning. However, the information that the fish was known to have died occurred on Thursday, July 15.

The total loss due to nearly 20 tons of dead fish has not been calculated. However, the price of tilapia in the market per kilogram is around Rp. 28 thousand.

"If the loss is still in the process, hopefully it won't be too much. This morning we (evacuated) only got 800 kilograms because the wind was still blowing hard so that people were prevented from collecting fish carcasses. Hopefully as soon as possible (stop) yes, at least can be up to four and one week," said Sarma.