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Fish from Jakarta seas are edible: Ahok
(Warta Kota/Angga Nugraha)Fish from the sea around Jakarta are edible, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said, following the discovery of tens of thousands of dead fish along Ancol Beach in North Jakarta on Monday
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(Warta Kota/Angga Nugraha) (Warta Kota/Angga Nugraha)
(Warta Kota/Angga Nugraha)
Fish from the sea around Jakarta are edible, Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has said, following the discovery of tens of thousands of dead fish along Ancol Beach in North Jakarta on Monday.
According to Ahok, there was no need for people to panic as the dead fish were only found on the beach and the phenomenon was related to a lack of oxygen.
"Research by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences [LIPI] said that the fish died because they ran out of oxygen in the water; not due to contaminated seawater," Ahok said at City Hall on Wednesday.
According to LIPI's Research Center for Oceanography, the discovery of dead fish along Ancol Beach on Sunday and Monday was a result of a booming population of a particular phytoplankton, which led to a decreased level of oxygen.
"The density of the phytoplankton is between 1 million and 2 million cells per liter," LIPI stated on Wednesday, adding that the peak of the phenomenon occurred between Monday morning and Monday afternoon.
Previously, LIPI conducted interviews with several workers at Ancol Beach and water control officers from city-run firm PT Pembangunan Jaya Ancol, who said that the seawater was a darker color than usual, with many black spots, from Saturday until Monday. (kes)(+)
