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THE USE OF POTASSIUM CYANIDE TO CATCH FISH IN BENGAWAN SOLO RIVER, INDONESIA: THE PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH LAW

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Arief Budiono, Heru Santoso Wahito Nugroho, Chrisna Bagus Edhita Praja, Hary Abdul Hakim, Hanifah Febriani, Rizka, M. Junaidi
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.s3.022

Abstract

Even though it is commonly known that the use of potassium cyanide is prohibited to catch fish, fishermen in Bengawan Solo River, Central Java, Indonesia still freely use it. This is due to the government’s limited capability in supervising the fish-catching activity in this river. The potassium cyanide poison is massively used to ease the process of catching fish. Considering that potassium cyanide poses high dangers to humans and the environment and that there are already regulations that prohibit its use to catch fish, there needs to be strict enforcement of these policies. This law enforcement can be carried out by putting up signs around the banks of the Bengawan Solo River concerning the prohibition laws as well as socializing the legal method of catching fish in that river. After announcing and socializing the laws, legal actions may be imposed through imprisonment or fines according to the legal regulations.

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