Did You Know That Sidat Fish Is Prohibited From Being Arrested In 10 Region Of Indonesia

Sidat fish aka Anguilla spp. (Between)

JATENG - The Cilacap Regency Government has begun to socialize the policy to prohibit cydat fishing. This is in accordance with the policy of the Ministry of Marine Affairs of Fisheries (KKP).

Head of the Capture Fisheries Division of the Cilacap District Fisheries Service, Indarto, explained that the KKP has a policy of disclosing 10 district or city locations as areas that prohibit cydat fishing, including Cilacap.

"We have carried out socialization with the KKP, including installing a cydat fishing ban board in certain areas as a pilot," he said in Cilacap, Central Java, Tuesday, October 18.

In this case, he continued, the cydat fishing ban board was installed in the Segara Anakan Lagoon area which is part of the Kampung Laut and Patimuan sub-districts.

In addition, his party is also preparing a study of certain areas that are technically feasible to be proposed as a conservation area or protection for cydat fish.

"The study is still not complete, it has not yet determined which areas are proposed," he said.

However, Indarto acknowledged that Kaliwungu Village, Kedungreja District, did not rule out the possibility that it would be proposed as one of the cydat fish conservation areas.

This is because in Kaliwungu Village there are cultivation and cydat conservation activities ranging from deduction of seeds, enlargement, and processing and restocking (refilling) of the fish in the Cibereum River which empties in the Segara Anakan Lagoon. "There are also several points in the Segara Anakan Lagoon," he said.

Furthermore, Indarto said the study conducted by the Cilacap District Fisheries Service was in accordance with the Regional Regulation on the Regional Plan for the Coastal Area and Small Islands (RZWP3K) of Central Java Province, which is now being revised with the Regional Spatial Planning Regional Regulation (RTRW) for Central Java Province.

He hopes that the study can be completed in full by 2024. "Including the conservation, a certain arrest ban, or a certain size," he said.

KKP Fish Resources Management Director Ridwan Mulyana added that the KKP policy binds 10 districts or cities as an effort to protect sustainable cydat fisheries.

The ten locations are Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Samarinda City, Aceh Besar District, Aceh Jaya Regency, South Bengkulu Regency, Pangandaran Regency, Ciamis Regency, Cilacap Regency, Parigi Moutong Regency, and Poso Regency.

Ridwan said the existence of a sidat fishing ban area could increase the opportunity for cydat fish migration in continuing its reproductive cycle naturally.