If abnormal phenomena happen in fish farms during this summer, the Department of Fisheries said farm owners can contact their nearby officials.
DOF under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation has urged fish farms to do preventive measures against the heat hazard in this summer. “In order not to face loss, DOF has urged fish farms and we want them to follow our directions and take precautions,” said DOF director Dr Aung Naing Oo.
DOF says, the extreme heat may lead water pollution that causes disease in fish farms and in an attempt to avoid it, input of fertilizer and overfeeding should be reduced, should promote the dissolved oxygen level, clean water should be refilled when the water dries or the pollution of farmed fish should be reduced if they have difficulty to refill water and fishes shouldn’t be moved at noon when the temperature is too high.
The water clarity is required to maintain within 25-40 centimeters, feeding should be balanced to maintain the water clarity, regular check on leftover food, water should be stored in reservoirs for refilling and regular check on water quality change at 6:00am on daily basis, it added.
In Myanmar, fish farms sometimes get dry and mass of fish die from disease due to extreme summer heat.