Not too long ago there was a report concerning sighting of a dead peacock bass by a forumer in Chenderoh. One may wonder whether it was a myth or truth. The following photo taken last Sunday gives a firm answer YES! Peacock has spread to Chenderoh and they are breeding well. This is a healthy female PB caught by my buddy, found 2 strips of roe when gutted. My LC lure got hitted and missed twice by a shadow probably the male counterpart when casted to the same spot right after landing of the first PB. Should have slowed down the speed forgotten that was not a sebarau. Chenderoh consists of many ‘sauk’, still water excellent breeding ground for any species incl. PB.
THE DEADLIEST PEACOCK OF CHENDEROH
Anyway, seems like the days of our local species in Perak River tributaries are numbered. Nobody knows how extensive damages this great ferocious species will cause to our eco-system one day. Even toman fries reported being whacked by PBs in AK and this species breeding like rabbits, so you don’t really need to be a biologist to predict the future of our fisheries. Probably one fine day sightings of boiling sebaraus in Chenderoh will be thing of the past, upper stream and downstream filled with PB, PB and more PBs, whole eco-system going haywire thanks but no thanks to some smart alec!
Who is the No.1 culprit, PB or smart alec [:o)]?! Who deserve to get shot?! [:(!]
This is what we have all been afraid of all along. The colonisation of our waters by alien species. Despite most of us spreading the word on its destructive nature on our local species, we still have some people deliberately releasing such aliens.
In their opinion, they are doing a good deed as it replaces the lack of local fishes like the Sebarau, Toman, etc. What they fail to question is; why are they depleted in the first place? If indeed the intention is restocking,shouldn’t it be restocked with local species?
And dont they ever think that by releasing the aliens, it would be adding more pressure on the survivability of the local fishes?
Then, there are those who releases the aliens in some lake near their homes so that they dont have to travel far for fishing. That is not only selfish but highly irresponsible![:(!]
So PC, who should be shot?
BTW PC, please change the title of this thread. I see no greatness in the loss of another local fish habitat!
Chenderoh Reservoir, Malaysia: a characterization of a small-scale, multigear and multispecies artisanal fishery in the tropics
Ahyaudin B. Ali and K. Y. Lee
School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Penang, Malaysia
Accepted 6 October 1994. ; Available online 20 January 2000.
Abstract
A study on the artisanal fishery of Chenderoh Reservoir, Perak River, Malaysia, was conducted from April 1988 to May 1989 using creel survey, rapid rural appraisal (RRA) and test fishing. The main landing site, used by 30 fishers and controlled by a middleman, was identified. The fishers indicated fishing as a secondary occupation supplementing income from farming or rubber tapping. The fishery was not regulated and most of the catch (30–94%) was landed with multifilament gill-nets (stretched-mesh 5.7, 10.2 and 11.4 cm), whereas long lines (30–40 m long) contributed 6.2–55.0% of the catch. Each fisher used a wooden boat (4–6 m long, 1.0–1.5 m wide) fitted with a 5 hp gasoline engine and utilized either 15–20 sets of gill-nets each 3 m deep and 30–40 m long or one or two sets of long lines. The daily catch per unit of effort (CPUE) was low (2.7–12.8 kg per fisher-day) and the daily income ranged from Malaysian Ringgit (M$) 4.94 to 32.43 per fisher-day. The total annual catch and income generated by the fishery was 25713.0 kg and M$63179.74, respectively. Even with declining catches the fishery is still important in providing supplementary incomes. In the absence of ‘official’ regulations and management, the fishing community imposed their own rules and regulations which were enforced by the middleman.
Fishery resources has declined rapidly ever since publishing of the above paper due to lack of/or totally no fishery management. With the invasion of PBs into our tributaries, probably sooner or later poor kampung folks will be left with no alternative but catching PBs to make salted fish (as suggested by Shata) to supplement their income.
cenderuh is a big lake, if not mistaken, its connected to all the tributaries that goes all the way up north Belum…if thats so, reckon when I’m 50y old, I’d be taking my kid to Belum to hunt for monster PBs…he.he.he…it is set, theres no way in hell that we can deny this, unless we all rigged a long net that spans across & depth of Temenggur to prevent them mongrels to swim up north.
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The late Ahyauddin Ali used to be VC of USM(R&D) and Dean of Biological Sciences School; my professor who thought me about fish. Died of brain cancer. Had some disagreement with him before but all on fish/work/study matter. Have seen that report but sadly not many good reports/scientific papers/journal on fisheries here.
Oakinn,
You are old!!! Time to pass all your gears to me!. Chenderoh is the last 4 lakes on Sg Perak ( start form Temenggor, Bersia, Kenering(Air Ganda) and than to Chenderoh(some said Raban). Chenderoh is like divided by 2 by the main Sg Perak but still inter-connected. Quie unique with their bay formation locally called Suak. Many acess road to Chenderoh; kampungs, next to main roads etc making it a place o ‘dump’ things. And this case PB.
Don’t worry to much about their movement upstareams since our hydropower sche design would not allow fishes to travel pass the dam/s upstream. Migration barriers have been cut-off.
But a ‘brilliant’ chap might bring some pb and release it to Tememngoor various eny points to the lake. Imagine that. How to control this matter?
Good work of your formal professor, relevant brief report touching social economy of local folks with reference to fisheries. Pass on but legacy still stays behind. Unlike some ‘brilliant chaps’, future generation will be cleaning their rubbish.
Folks,
May be time to summon up some army reserved from the communist era back to this area to carry out spot checks, road blocks, body search to catch and ‘cull’ some irresponsible smart alec that transfer alien species all over the country.
The way it goes our pristine fisheries becoming ‘rojak’ soon taken over by exotic and deadly species from Amazon rivers, alligator garfish from Northern America to pikey from the UK. Probably some kind of United Nation forming in our tributaries hope wouldn’t erupt into a war causing mass destruction follows by extinction of our vulnerable local species like kelahs, sebaraus, tengas, belidas etc!
Globalization taking its toll, fisheries in pristine jungle also not spare [:(]
Good work of your formal professor, relevant brief report touching social economy of local folks with reference to fisheries. Pass on but legacy still stays behind. Unlike some ‘brilliant chaps’, future generation will be cleaning their rubbish.
Folks,
May be time to summon up some army reserved from the communist era back to this area to carry out spot checks, road blocks, body search to catch and ‘cull’ some irresponsible smart alec that transfer alien species all over the country.
The way it goes our pristine fisheries becoming ‘rojak’ soon taken over by exotic and deadly species from Amazon rivers, alligator garfish from Northern America to pikey from the UK. Probably some kind of United Nation forming in our tributaries hope wouldn’t erupt into a war causing mass destruction follows by extinction of our vulnerable local species like kelahs, sebaraus, tengas, belidas etc!
Globalization taking its toll, fisheries in pristine jungle also not spare [:(]
Thats why we have to attack it at the source. Question: Who brings in this exotics? Pet trade! Be it legal or illegal, the pet trade is the one bringing in all sorts of exotic alien species!
In answering to my letter on the pike issue recently, Jabatan Perikanan said it was an offence to bring in any fish without a permit. They also said they have a board to approve the types of fishes allowed to be imported. Wonder what guidelines are used to determine their eligibility?
Guys we have all sorts of law against all sorts of crime in this country. But you all know, the enforcementis poor due to lack of resource or lack of political will. Anybody bringing this matter up during this year election? Dont hold your breath, it is not going to happen.
Doc, a .22 will be fine. all we need is a carefully placed shot up between his balls but not with the intention to kill but rather to maim. A 9mm would have finished the idiot and there will not be any more fun.
quote:Originally posted by ekwong Doc, a .22 will be fine. all we need is a carefully placed shot up between his balls but not with the intention to kill but rather to maim. A 9mm would have finished the idiot and there will not be any more fun.
Exactly the point![;)]
Sild,
Using a Barret 50mm is a waste. These guys that releases the aliens do not deserve the “class”. Probably what we can do with the .22 is to just split the ends of the slug.[;)]
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Here is the main problem, many a simpleton will refer to this site and make hue and cry over why this “lovely” fish is not to be kept for the great gamefishing potential. It is the very same views of a very famous Mr Ron Looi. He had said that the local water no longer holds sufficient gamefish for the angler and therefore peacock bass (PB) should be introduced to provide the same. What he had not noted is that the PB tends not to supplement the local fish but to decimate them to the point that there soon will not be any other spieces. A real life case study to this would be the waters at CWS. What was thought to be the boon to angling is now considered a pest to be eradicated.
Many who had been to AirKuning would attest to that the “local” PBs does not preform the acrobatics nor the fight of those Amazon PBs seen on those exciting fishing videos. The “localised” PB introduced here is not of any of the original specie, but rather it is a Taiwanese aquarium hybird variety.
On to the Florida ‘success’ story of their introduction of Pbs, you may also note to some of the negative aspects as well as the disimilarities that would limit their ‘success’ when introduced to our waters.
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