Thousands of fish died mysteriously

Thousands of fish died mysteriously

BOGOR: Thousands of fish have died in the Cinaraga River and
near Bogor have died mysteriously, affecting the livelihood of
fishermen.

Ade, an employee of a fish pond, estimated that about 15 tons
of fish in the area had died, inflicting losses of millions of
rupiah.

He said that the dead fish were those which were almost ready
to be harvested. They died with wounds near the gills.

"We don't know why they died. If it is because of the water,
the water comes from the Cinaraga River, but the fish in the
upper part of the river are not affected. Those which died are in
the lower part," he said.

Most of the people in the village make a living by breeding
fish. --JP