Lake Toba Fishermen Start Catching Red Devil Fish, Regent Wants Predatory Fish Made Chips – Tribun-medan.com
TRIBUN-MEDAN.COM, TOBA- Fishermen who usually look for fish in Lake Toba start catching red devil fish or red devil fish, or also tayo-tayo fish.
This step is taken to reduce the population of the red devil fish which threatens the habitat of goldfish and mujahir fish in Lake Toba.
When the fishermen caught this red devil fish, the Regent of Toba Poltak Sitorus came down to the location.
On that occasion, Poltak Sitorus asked the fishing groups to be patient.
He even invited the fishermen to make a red devil fish as chips, which can increase residents income.
RAHMAYADI WILL DO THIS
Let the fishermen be patient, because at this time the Toba Regency Government will try to find solutions by coordinating with a number of parties including the Provincial Government of North Sumatra through Governor Edy Rahmayadi, said Poltak Sitorus, Thursday (14/4/2022).
He said, Edy Rahmayadi will come and deal with it immediately the appearance of this red demon fish.
He said he would handle it together with the head areas throughout the outskirts of Lake Toba, he continued.
He also invites the fishing community together to look for fish another benefit to the existence of this red devil fish.
DO THIS
For example, making this fish as food that can be recycled and as animal feed, he said.
Furthermore, the Head of the Ketapang District Office, Sahat Manullang, conveyed one of the following: an alternative to developing ecosystems is to reduce the volume of tayo-tayo fish by catching.
Apart from catching, slowly re-stocking with fish natural habitat of Lake Toba with a minimum size of 5 cm because if it is below it will become prey for tayo-tayo fish, continued Sahat Manullang.
MUJAHIR THREATENED OF EXTINCTION
Furthermore, the Regent of Poltak Sitorus together with fishermen to sow 50 thousand mujahir fish seeds and especially on the outskirts of Lake Sibuntuon.
Meanwhile, a fisherman named Manditar Manurung said that The appearance of this red devil fish makes fishermen miserable.
Catches have decreased drastically, because goldfish and mujahir fish have began to disappear in Lake Toba. (cr3/tribun-medan.com)
