Koh Poh Koon clears online speculation over 'dead' fish during his visit to fish farm

[Aces]

Minister of State for National Development, and Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon has addressed concern that a fish he was holding
during his visit to a local fish farm on Monday (Jan 18) was "dead".
Dr Koh, who wrote about the visit on Facebook on Tuesday (Jan 19) morning, also uploaded several photos - one of which showed him posing with a 10kg sea bass.
Responding to the post, Facebook user Michael Tan linked a video which showed Dr Koh releasing the fish back into its habitat.
In the video, the fish did not appear to move when released and sank to the bottom of the open net-cage.

"Is the fish still alive? Why swimming upside down?" Mr Tan asked in the comments section.

Dr Koh explained that the fish had been anaesthetised with food grade clove oil so it would not struggle or get hurt while the farmer inspected it.

During his visit to several fish farms on Monday, Dr Koh told the media that 77 coastal fish farms off the East and West Johor Straits
had been affected by the crippling algae bloom early last year, which caused millions of dollars in losses.
Of the 77 farms affected, 63 received assistance from the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA).
Dr Koh also warned of the likelihood that algae blooms could happen again, especially when factors such as global warming and changes in water temperature come into play.
"It is not a question of 'if' but 'when' another plankton bloom will happen again. They have occurred more than once,
and it will be a matter of time before it occurs again," he wrote in his Facebook post.

He also revealed that Singapore's 116 coastal fish farms currently contribute to 8 per cent of local fish consumption.
"Ideally, we should aim to produced 15 per cent or more of our consumption needs to buffer against shortages," Dr Koh added.
"Intensifying the production and improving the productivity of our fish farms not only helps in the revenue of the farms,
but also helps in our food supply resilience. It is in everyone's interest to see our fish farmers succeed."

He said AVA was closely monitoring the water quality, including plankton monitoring to detect changes in the presence and abundance of harmful plankton species.
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source:http://www.straitstimes.com/singapor...-visit-to-fish

[loveikan]

Online posting with video.

The fish already dead long ago liao and somemore still want to throw into the water witj a shout "Huat"

Once entered water, the fish with its stomach turned up almost instantaneously. Really damned Malu.

[millenium]

That fish is dead?

[globalcookie]

Coming from someone who famously said “Everybody has a car, we have two… We are professionals, we need to travel” (2013).... and

for picking up leaves that was at the drain cover during BE...

It doesn't surprise me anything else that follows. He is well loved.

[dragon888]

Originally Posted by millenium

That fish is dead?

Fish was sedated: Minister clears speculation over 'dead fish' during fish farm visit

SINGAPORE - Online speculation was rife that Minister of State for National Development, and Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon had released a dead fish into a pond during a visit to a fish farm on Monday.

But he has taken to Facebook to quash these rumours by explaining that the fish was indeed very much alive - it was just sedated.

In a Facebook post on Jan 19, Dr Koh wrote about his visit to local fish farm Marine Life Aquaculture where the incident happened. He also uploaded photographs of himself at the farm, one of which showed him holding the 10kg seabass.


http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapo...ish-farm-visit

today's report said the fish was sedated, not dead......

[satan_gal]

https://www.facebook.com/ChannelNews...type=2&theater

U guys see and decide if the fish is dead before gettin tossed into the water?

[jwhtan]

From a ornamental fishkeeper point of view, that is not how we will wake our fish.
We all know that even fish can drown. Overdose of transmore can also result in death.
If it is me, I will wake the fish from this " sedated " condition first.
The logical way is to blow air bubbles onto fish, wake it and slowly let it back into the pond.

But they want to " Huat ar " for drama sake. So .........

[millenium]

If a fish is sedated with transmore, then put back in water still unconscious will it wake up within minutes? Anyone familiar with transmore experience can comment?

[LauLanChu]

It should wake up if done correctly, in any water.

[jwhtan]

Originally Posted by millenium

If a fish is sedated with transmore, then put back in water still unconscious will it wake up within minutes? Anyone familiar with transmore experience can comment?

U need to wake the fish up, if not, the fish may drown.