Meanwhile, Demonstrations were also carried out by fishermen who live on Lampon Beach, Violation, yesterday. They demanded the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KP) Susi Pudjiastuti and the revocation of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Regulation (KP Candy) number 56 year 2016 regarding changes to Ministerial Regulation No. KP 1 and 2 year 2015 regarding the prohibition on catching lobster seeds (benur), crab and crab.
In that action, Residents put up banners rejecting the KP Ministerial Regulation which prohibits catching fry from in front of the Pesanggaran Village/District Office to Lampon Beach which is about seven kilometers away..
This action is not only followed by men, children and mothers also took to the streets. Action coordinator, Suharsono, 51, said that the action carried out demanded the KP Ministerial Regulation of the year 2015 number 1 and 2 regarding the prohibition on catching lobster seeds (benur), crab and crab, and updated with KP Ministerial Regulation number 56 year 2016 to be revoked immediately.
“We ask that the regulations prohibiting the search for fry be revoked,” he said. According to Suharsono, KP Minister's policy, Susi Pudjiastuti who prohibited the trade and hunting of fry, impact on the welfare of small fishermen. Because there are those rules, fishermen looking for fry have difficulty selling their catch because many traders have been arrested by the police.
“If the buyer is arrested by the police, which is detrimental to fishermen,” he said. Suharsono said, Catching these fry is quite easy for fishermen, both in terms of cost and safety of fishermen.
Not only that, The method used to catch fry is also very environmentally friendly because it only requires a lamp and waring or coconut frond fibers.. “Catch it tonight, and come home in the morning,” he said.
When using fry cultivation business, Suharsono said it was very difficult to do. Besides taking a long time, the costs involved are also quite high. “Cultivating fry takes up to eight months to a year, the costs that must be paid each year can be Rp 50 thousand per head,” clear.
For fishermen, light him, Catching fry is considered safer than fishing. Only approx 100 meters from the shoreline, fishermen can already get fry. And it, can be done by small and large fishermen.
“If you are looking for fish, you can reach tens of kilometers from the beach,” he said. Suharsono said, Number candy 56 year 2016 which is required to be revoked, it is considered not to fulfill justice. Because, if fishermen are only allowed to catch lobsters by weight 200 gram, that can only be done by big fishermen.
“Catching lobsters requires nets and they often break, only big fishermen can afford it,” he said, saying the net price reached Rp 1 million. One of the fishermen figures who is also the chairman of the RW 10, Lampon, Pesanggaran Village, Agus Mariono, said the number of fishermen in Lampon was approx 1.200 person. Of that amount, who can dive is only approx 730 person.
“The KP regulation kills the welfare of fishermen," he said. With the action being held simultaneously, he hopes Minister KP, Susi Pudjiastuti pulled out the candy she had taken out. “The fishermen's hope is that the regulation will soon be revoked, so that fishermen are free to go to sea and can work in peace,” he said.
Meanwhile, Head of Port Installations and Management of Marine and Fisheries Resources (IP2SKP) Pancer, Heru Prasetyo, said that the actions taken by some fishermen were a form of aspiration. His party will report the fishermen's activities to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
“This action was carried out by some fishermen, not all fishermen,” he said. Because the truth is, light him, There are also some fishermen groups who do not want the candy to be revoked.
Fishermen who support the treatment of KP Ministerial Regulation number 56 year 2016 it's a group of pure fishing fishermen, namely network groups and fishing rods on the beach. “I report the aspirations of some fishermen, because some also don't want it to be revoked,” strictly. (radar)
