Kuala Tungkal water conditions with sandy mud making this waters area as the hotbed waters for mantis shrimp that also called as ronggeng shrimp.
Mantis shrimp that has a length form looked sexy with its many legs and now becomes the seafood’s queen for the fishermen in Kuala Tungkal, besides being very easy to get, this sexy squilla has higher ecoÂnomic value.
The fishermen are now actively hunting for mantis shrimp, even since the last 10 years there are about 70% of fishermen in Kuala Tungkal specialized hunting the shrimp due to the high economy value compared to fishing ordinary fish. This sexy squilla shrimp is highly in demand in the local market to be purchased by the mediator who will pay very high for 1 shrimp. This was confirmed by Dr. Mugi Mulyono who is one of the researchers of mantis shrimp from Jakarta Fisheries University or formerly known as The Academy of Fisheries (AUP) with its campus loÂcated in Jati Padang Pasar Minggu.
Kuala Tungkal is the largest manÂtis shrimp habitat in Indonesia, even supposedly 60% of this shrimp that exported to Hong Kong and Taiwan were from Kuala Tungkal waters area in Jambi.
That afternoon a fisherman reÂturns with joy because his mantis shrimp paid by a toke at a price of Rp. 1.3 million and more. This mantis shrimp prices are not calculated per kilo but per head and each shrimp has vary in price, depending on the size of which has been classified as for example C size, B size, A size, and the most expensive is the jumbo size. The difference is not too flashy but still give higher profits for the fishermen who have always lived shortcoming.
