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View all search resultsBantul to close illegal fishponds
The administration of Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, is to close hundreds of illegal fishponds operating in the regionâs southern coastal area starting next month
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he administration of Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, is to close hundreds of illegal fishponds operating in the region's southern coastal area starting next month.
The regency administration's secretary, Riyantono, said that the move was the result of . an agreement between the Bantul administration and the Yogyakarta Palace; fishpond employers had been informed.
'We have been informing them about the plan to close the fishponds for several months and given them until the end of this year to achieve break even point before the closure,' Riyantono said.
Hundreds of fishponds have been built on the Sultan's Ground field along Bantul's coast. Many considered the fishponds harmful as they were built by converting the casuarina forest that had functioned as a green barrier for the region.
