Aeromonas epidemic attacks Cianjur<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Thousands of fresh-water fish farmers in Cianjur, West Java have
\nabandoned their farms and sold ikan mas (carp) at heavily
\ndiscounted prices following an aeromanas hydrophile epidemic.<\/p>\n
Fish farmer Dindin, 30, said on Wednesday he had been selling
\ncarp for between Rp 2,500 and Rp 3,000 per kilogram, down from
\nbetween Rp 5,000 and Rp 8,000, since the aeromanas epidemic
\nstruck the region.<\/p>\n
Aeromanas is a deadly disease that attacks fresh-water fish,
\nespecially carp and koi, and is considered a secondary disease
\nsince it usually follows a herpes epidemic.<\/p>\n
Carp is widely consumed in Indonesia, while koi are kept
\npurely as ornamental fish.<\/p>\n
Dadeng, 32, another fish farmer in Patok Besi Blok, Mande
\ndistrict, said on Wednesday that the epidemic had forced hundreds
\nof farmers in his district to close down their businesses.<\/p>\n
He also lamented the government's decision not to export carp
\nto other islands for fear that the disease would spread to other
\nparts of the country.<\/p>\n
\"The ban hurts us all the more since not all fish here are
\ninfected with the aeromanas disease,\" Dadeng said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the West Java administration banned the exportation
\nof carp to Sumatra and Kalimantan, two main export destinations.
\nThe ban is for three months.<\/p>\n
Fish farmer Iwan, 27, of Cibeber said on Wednesday that he had
\nremoved his fish from ponds because of the disease.<\/p>\n
\"More than 30 kilograms of my carp died of an unknown cause,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Aeromanas first attacked fish in Subang regency in May. Within
\none week, the disease killed over 250 tons of fish in the region.<\/p>\n
The disease was first detected in Blitar, East Java, after
\nbreeders there received koi fish from Japan and Hong Kong in
\nApril.<\/p>\n
Director of the Center for Food and Nutrition Studies at the
\nBogor Institute of Agriculture Adil Basuki Ahza warned last week
\nthat the disease could also attack the human immune system if
\npeople ate infected fish that was not properly cooked.<\/p>",
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