KKP Maintains Endemic Cork Fish Sustainability In South Kalimantan With High Economic Value

Illustration - Cork fish. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) maintains the sustainability of endemic fish, one of which is snakehead fish or haruan in South Kalimantan, which is known to have high market demand and economic value. in Banjarbaru City. I think it is in accordance with the commitment of Minister Trenggono in the development of cultivation villages which is aimed at two things, namely to improve the regional economy and food security," said Acting Head of the Research and Human Resources Agency of KKP Kusdiantoro in a press release in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, October 1. He stated that although snakehead fish is very popular in the area, its presence is decreasing due to overfishing so it needs to be cultivated more. ) has also held a demonstration field meeting for fish hatchery extension activities for fish hatchery Cork with Multilevel Net System in Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, some time ago. "Moreover, South Kalimantan is one of the potential centers for snakehead fish commodities for the development of aquaculture villages," said Kusdiantoro.

The head of the Marine and Fisheries Training and Extension Center (Puslatluh KP) Lilly Aprilya Pregiwati stated that this field meeting is a series of fishery extension pilot programs at the Banyuwangi Fisheries Training and Extension Center (BPPP), which began to be developed in the Fishery Cultivator Group (Pokdakan) Agrowisata Tiga, June to September 2021. According to him, the extension pilot is carried out using a participatory approach that is tailored to the needs and conditions of the main actors and business actors. The technology applied to the snakehead fish hatchery pilot is induce breeding hormone oodev, which has the benefit of accelerating gonad maturation and rematuration in snakehead broodfish so that snakehead fish can produce seeds in a sustainable manner. parenting period for larvae, because snakehead fish are parental fish. This parenting method is carried out in one container, where the parent is in the top-level net, while the larvae are in the bottom net. So that at the time of hatching the eggs no longer need to separate the parent from the eggs and the larval life rate will be higher. "With this pilot, I hope that the innovation of snakehead hatchery technology will be disseminated to business actors, especially in South Kalimantan and that technology diffusion will occur by the group that implements it. In this pilot field meeting, 5,000 fish of five to seven centimeters were harvested, 4,000 fish of three to five centimeters, and 2,500 snakes of snakehead fish larvae. This is a demonstration of the method used by fishery instructors, so that the technology can be disseminated to other groups in South Kalimantan.