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        "id": 1673759,
        "msgid": "impossible-to-eliminate-sailfin-catfish-from-jakartas-rivers-situation-already-severe-1776059492",
        "date": "2026-04-13 11:53:04",
        "title": "Impossible to Eliminate Sailfin Catfish from Jakarta's Rivers, Situation Already Severe",
        "author": "Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "Anton, a community activist for sailfin catfish (pleco) and representative of a specialist shop in West Jakarta, asserts that eradicating the invasive species from Jakarta's rivers is nearly impossible due to their widespread distribution, high adaptability to polluted waters, and rapid reproduction rates producing 200 to 400 eggs per spawning. He highlights that the fish thrive in contaminated environments where other species perish, exacerbating riverbank erosion through their burrowing for reproduction. Instead of focusing solely on extermination, Anton advocates for realistic, sustainable population control measures alongside efforts to improve river water quality by reducing chemical and domestic waste pollution.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta - A sailfin catfish (pleco) community activist, Anton,\nbelieves that efforts to eliminate sailfin catfish from Jakarta\u2019s rivers\nare almost impossible to carry out. This is due to the extensive spread\nand high adaptability of the fish in polluted waters. Anton, who also\nrepresents the specialist pleco shop \u201cThe FIN\u2019s\u201d in Kembangan, West\nJakarta, stated that the current population of sailfin catfish is\nalready too large and dispersed across various river flows. It should be\nnoted that sailfin catfish have high resilience to poor environmental\nconditions, including water polluted with waste. This condition allows\nthe fish to survive when other species cannot. In addition, the\nreproductive ability of sailfin catfish in the wild is a factor that\nmakes their population difficult to control. This is because, in a\nsingle encounter, sailfin catfish can produce hundreds of eggs. \u201cFor the\ntypes found in Jakarta\u2019s canals, they typically lay around 200 to 400\neggs per spawning. That\u2019s what makes their numbers increase so quickly,\u201d\nsaid Anton. Nevertheless, he believes that the approach to handling the\nsailfin catfish population should not only focus on extermination, but\nalso on improving the river environment conditions. \u201cWater pollution\nfrom chemicals and domestic waste can kill fish that are weaker than the\nmore resilient and adapted sailfin catfish,\u201d he explained. The presence\nof sailfin catfish can indeed have environmental impacts, one of which\nis causing erosion on riverbanks due to their activity of digging holes\nfor breeding. \u201cSailfin catfish dig holes for reproduction and this can\ncause erosion on river edges,\u201d he clarified. Given this situation,\npopulation control efforts need to be carried out realistically and\nsustainably, rather than aiming to completely eliminate them from the\nwaters.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/impossible-to-eliminate-sailfin-catfish-from-jakartas-rivers-situation-already-severe-1776059492",
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