A Quiet River Cruise Fish To International Market

Asahan, 13 June 2022 - Who said, behind the stone and the rerimbunan of the Asahan River Area is an ideal ecosystem for fish that become the primadona of North Sumatra society, especially Batak people. The fish is Jurung fish. Now, the pride of North Sumatra and Indonesia is no longer only swimming along the Asahan River, because PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum (Persero) has brought them to swim in the international fish market

Ikan Jurung or who has a Latin name Neolissochilus sumatranus (Cyprinidae) is one of the endemic fish in North Sumatra with one of the habitats in the Asahan River. With a considerable size and a pretty tasty taste, no wonder if the Jurung Fish becomes one of the fish that became the culinary menu of Batak tribes in North Sumatra when doing custom ceremony. No wonder this fish has a price that can be said to be quite high in the market at a kilogram of up to 1 million rupiahs (in a living state) and 350 thousand rupiahs in the off state.

The status of fish respected in customs, high demand, tasty flavor, and the price of the ceiling makes Sutrisno, the Aek Songsongan District residents of Asahan Regency to make the Jurung Fish resources behind his home that is on the edge of the Asahan River. Sutrisno builds a number of pools filled with many fish. Included Fish of the primadona. Sutrisno can be said to be the pioner of Jurung Fish breeding in his village that he has started since 5 years ago.

" Then buy a seed tail of Rp10 thousand. Buy 200 tails, Alhamdulillah harvest four years. Good results. Now we are looking for yourself. Then it’s a traditional betul-betul. What feeds can we provide such as palm seeds. Now we try pellet feed. It can be faster harvesting," said Sutrisno.

According to Sutrisno, Jurung Fish that has maximum selling value must have a weight size over one kilogram. To achieve the weight size of 1 Kg, not the case is easy because it should see the aspects of food, pool, and water temperature. For breeders such as Sutrisno, to make Jurungs can be sold at a maximum price ( 1 kilogram size), it takes three years. Sutrisno’s Jurung Fish Cultivation is increasingly excluding wings when starting a lot of demand from Singapore and Malaysia

"Management of Singapore, Malaysia has been utus deputation of the deputation of my passion. Whatever they are ready to buy, but this is the problem. Long harvest period, our infrastructure is limited. Any request we are not ready because there is no fish. For local markets only a lot of demand, especially if there is a Batak adat event," the Sutrisno papar that has three children.

The spirit and perseverance of Sutrisno in conducting the cultivation of Jurung Fish makes PT INALUM (Persero) conducting a variety of fundamental support to ensure that this high value fish cultivation can provide welfare and goodness for society. The company builds a building that contains a variety of diploma tools on Sutrisno’s land. Hopefully, the workers of Sutrisno’s business group can be more proficient in exploring Jurung Fish and they will be easier for them to get quality seedlings. PT INALUM (Persero) also sends Sutrisno business group during a week to conduct cultivation and training to Sidimpuan who has long been cultivation of Jurung Fish.

"Our school is. Now applied. Inalum assisted diplomas are also used. In the future we still need the help of pool infrastructure. Because the Jurung pool should be made similar to its original habitat," further Sutrisno.

Optimism has certainly been in their minds of the judician breeders in the Asahan Regency. The spirit that was seen by PT INALUM (Persero), and the company will continue to encourage the cultivation of the Jurung Fish such as Sutrisno to be able to carry the Jurung Fish that prides North Sumatra and Indonesia to swim in the international market.