Bad Weather In Pekalongan, Fishermen Choose Machine Tune Up Instead Of Going To Sea

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JAKARTA - The fishermen in Pekalongan City, Central Java, choose not to fish in the sea because bad weather can endanger their lives.

Head of the Regional Integrated Service Unit for Fish Auctions in Pekalongan City, Mahson, Friday, June 17, explained that it has been almost a week since the fishermen chose to repair their damaged nets and machines rather than go to sea.

"There are symptoms of a Supermoon or the condition is a full moon, so it is related to rising tides and weather, so fishermen choose to be safe not to sail," said Mahson as quoted by Antara.

According to him, the reason fishermen do not go to sea is because they are more concerned with safety than their livelihoods even though their income will decrease.

"Local fishermen docked at the dock to repair networks, engines and boats. They also used them to clean up," said Mahson.

He said ships that were anchored were with a tonnage of more than 5 gross tones, such as freezer ships, which are ships that do not catch from other ships or unload fish in the middle of the sea.

The fish caught before they stopped fishing, he said, were mostly tuna, kite, mackerel and lemuru.

"For fish prices are still relatively stable, such as tuna for IDR 15 thousand per kilogram, kite for IDR 17 thousand / kilogram, mackerel IDR 55 thousand / kilogram, lemuru for IDR 14 thousand / kilogram, catfish for IDR 24 thousand / kilogram, fish for IDR 20 thousand / kilogram, and razor fish for IDR 20 thousand / kilogram," he said.