Indonesia: 2,000 caged fish in Laguna Sri Tujoh died, farmers suffered a loss of over RM1 million

TUMPAT: A total of 90 fish farmers in cages at Laguna Sri Tujoh here suffered losses of more than RM1 million in the recent first wave of flooding. Laguna Livestock Chairman Sri Tujoh Mohd Saifullah Che Mat said farmed fish such as grouper and sea bream were detected dying in stages over a period of three days starting Friday. "In the beginning only the grouper fish died and we didn't expect the sea bream to also die because sea bream are usually tougher and able to survive even when there is mixing of flood water. "However, from Friday afternoon, the sea bream bred in 2,000 cages in this area also experienced the same situation and yesterday all the farmed fish died," he said when met by Bernama here today. He said most of the dead sea bream can be sold with an estimated weight of two to three kilograms each, in addition to the smaller fish being raised to be marketed during Ramadan. Mohd Saifullah said this is the first time this incident has happened involving the entire farmed ...