High Waves Damage Dozens Of Fishing Boats On Jayanti Beach

PHOTO VIA ANTARA / Fishermen pulling boats ashore due to high waves

CIANJUR - High waves damaged dozens of boats belonging to fishermen on Jayanti Beach, Cidaun District, Cianjur, West Java. Fishermen were forced to land the boats so that the damage would not get worse, even the waves also damaged the breakwater walls.

Iwan (42) Jayanti Beach fisherman said the high waves that hit the south coast had occurred since the last two weeks.

There were 20 fishing boats moored at the pier and the shore was damaged. As a result, fishermen cannot go to sea, even if only on the shoreline because the risk of going to sea can be life threatening.

"If not pulled ashore, maybe more than 20 boats were damaged because the wave height could reach 10 meters. The waves also damaged the breakwater wall that runs along the pier," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 3.

He explained that high waves and extreme weather made 400 fishermen on the beach choose not to go to sea for a while because of the high risk. However, a small number who rely on searching from the sea, choose to continue to go to calmer waters in the South Garut region.

Although the catch has been quite promising since the last month, plus the price of fish is quite high, it is not worth the risk that will be borne, so that more fishermen land boats, rather than go to sea. Most choose to repair the boat as long as it is not at sea.

"There are still those who go to sea, but to the South Garut area where the waves are not as extreme as in the south of Cianjur. As long as we don't go to sea, we only rely on income from fishing from the outskirts. So far, fishermen in Jayanti Beach have never been touched by government assistance," he said. .

Iwan and hundreds of fishermen on the South Coast of Cianjur, hope to get attention like other residents who are always registered for assistance. Even while being a fisherman for the past 30 years, he and other fishermen in Jayanti Beach have not been registered to get a fisherman card.

Meanwhile, the Regent of Cianjur, Herman Suherman, said that he has prepared various programs to help fishermen on the south coast of Cianjur, such as establishing a cooperative and providing training for fishermen, so that they can still have an income when they are not fishing.

"We have prepared various programs, including to improve the economy of fishermen who have been unemployed during extreme weather or fish famine. We will educate fishermen's families as cultivators of fish, shrimp and other marine products," said Herman.