Indonesia: Fishing with electric stun gun

Sabirin Manurung

The rise of fishing with stun guns using electrical power from ACCU, makes the fish endemic, mujair, goldfish, keting, cork and shrimp begin to become extinct and difficult to obtain, the use of stun devices in addition to harmful to its users, also can kill fish and the eggs and the baby fish who are not strongly exposed to the flow of stun in the water. The use of stun tools that are practical and inexpensive and get many results make people interested in fishing with stun tools, capital used motorcycle batteries, wire and cable can already shocked fish in rivers, paddies and swamps.