Brantas River at Kediri, East Java. JAKARTA – Minister of Marine and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti has ordered that the results of the fish Arapaima gigas be immediately destroyed. If necessary, predatory fish is distributed for public consumption.
Susi who was in Pangandaran, West Java, in her teleconference with the team and the CTF journalist, Thursday (28/6/2018), said the destruction should be immediately considered as enforcement of the law. The reason, if he is transferred to another party, he is worried one day Arapaima will be released in the wild.
In addition to fish, Susi continued, the owner should not escape the law on servitude. divide him, he can not wait too long to be annihilated, and there must be a repressive action, he will be eaten instead of eating other halieutic resources, "he said
" The 30 [30 ekor Arapaima yang ditemukan di Mojokerto dan Sidoarjo, Jatim] is cut into pieces, pesantren, make lunch together, it is best to enter the stomach of a person that all fish enter the stomach of the stomach. ; Arapaima. "
Susi says that the presence of dozens of Arapaima in the Brantas River, Mojokerto, was threatening the resources and livelihoods of communities on the second longest river in the island of Java. Ecology in the waters of Indonesian rivers may change if fish are eaten by carnivorous fish of the Amazon River.
KKP Rina, responsible for fish quarantine, quality control and safety of fish products Fisheries (KKPM) The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) on law enforcement considering that Arapaima gigas is a protected species and is marketed only to a limited extent ( Appendix II) in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1965) Bina found 30 Arapaima gigas belonging to someone with the initials HG in Mojokerto and Sidoar Jo, East Java The fish was released in the Brantas River, Mojokerto. There is also distributed to the community. Others are still in the owner's waiting pool in Sidoarjo.