MUNCAR – Parairan Muncar is known to be rich with various types of fish. Besides lemuru which is the prima donna of fishermen, it turns out that in the sea at the eastern end of the island of Java there are also many large stingrays.
A number of fishermen are desperate to go out to sea ahead of preparations for picking the sea ceremony, many have succeeded in catching this large flat-shaped fish. Those fish, by the fishermen unloaded at Brak Kalimoro Port, Kedungrejo village, Muncar District.
Stingray caught by the fishermen, it also sold well. After being unloaded from the boat from the ship, immediately welcomed by the buyer. This pari costs Rp 7.000 per kilogram. While this fish weighs up to 15 kilograms per fish even more. “Someone has already bought,” explained Busani, 42, one of Muncar's fishermen.
according to Busani, Stingrays are quite a lot in Muncar waters. That caught, caught by fishermen along with other types of fish. “One boat or ship usually gets six stingrays, yes not bad,” he said.
The ship that caught the stingray, he still said, most are not native Muncar fishermen. They are migrant fishermen who find and sell in Muncar. “They sell in Muncar,” he said.
Those stingray buyers, it's clear, most are not from the Muncar community. But, from outside the area who deliberately hunted this type of stingray. “The fish was immediately brought by the boxcar,” he said.
Meanwhile, one of the fishermen from Brak Kalimuro, Kedungrejo village, Muncar District, Samenah, said that stingrays are mostly used to mix fish soup and make satay. “Enak kalau disate,” he said.
Processed stingray, he still said, some are also exported. It is just, he did not know which country the fish would be exported to. “The meat is delicious, usually exported,” he explained to the Jawa Pos Radar tile. (radar)
