Researched the Lobster, Candidate for Aquaculture Doctor of IPB Won in the Regional Innovation Competition
Yudha Trinoegraha Adiputra, the student of the postgraduate S3 of Aquaculture, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), won the 1st winner in the Regional Innovation Competition / Lomba Inovasi Daerah, Lampung Province in 2017. This competition was an annual competition initiated by the Agency of Regional Research and Development (Balitbangda) of Lampung Province with 3 categories of competition i.e. for students, public, and researchers.
The scientist who was also the lecturer in the study program of Aquaculture in one of universities in Lampung concentrated on the field of genetics and reproduction of fish with the specialization on the crustaceans. In his innovation, he raised the title of “Induksi Hormon Tiroksin untuk Mempercepat Pertumbuhan Lobster Pasir / Induction of Thyroxine Hormon to Accelerate the Sand Lobster Growth“.
What to be the background of Yudha raising the idea was that the lobster population in Lampung Province was thought to have been reduced due to the overfishing. This was felt by the reduced catch, especially for the sand and pearl lobsters.
“If it is a catch season, the only netted is in small-size. The Government through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has banned the catching of lobster with the carapace length less than 8 cm and the laying lobster. Whereas the incomes of the lobster fishermen in Lampung, especially in Tanggamus District and Pesisir Barat District, depend on the lobster. Through this dissertation research, I would like to develop a cultivation technique with the enlargement and maturation of the male and female parents of the sand lobster,” he said.
He explained that with this innovation the lobster growth could be accelerated. For the innovation competition, Yudha showed that the growth of male sand lobster could be accelerated by the thyroxine hormone induction.
With the discovery of this technology, his hopes could help the fishermen to cultivate the small-size sand lobster which they caught to grow quickly. Thyroxine hormone by being assisted to be prescribed by a veterinarian or general practitioner could be used to help the growth of the lobster.
Other than that, he added that this innovation could also support the conservation process in the lobster conservation. “It certainly needs the help of the Local Government or the District for the cultivation of the lobster catch which is feasible to be consumed or re-released with the incentives from the Local Government. I imagine, the action of the lobster enlargement becomes one of the conservation measures for the protection of the lobster population in Lampung. Another thing that is becoming my concern is the process of maturation of male and female parents followed by the spawning. I have also obtained the results through my dissertation research. All this things can hopefully help the development of the lobster aquaculture in Indonesia,” he said.(IR/Zul)
