Marine snails is a typical food community in the Riau Islands. Locals call it the sound of barking. This sea animal is widely available in Lobam Village, Tanjung Uban, Bintan Island, Riau Islands.
To reach Tanjung Uban area during the trip takes 30 minutes by speed boat from Batam, Riau Islands Capital. The trip then continued through the land as far as 30 kilometers to the south island of Bintan.On the edge of the beach area of 10 hectares is Lobam bark can easily be found when sea water was receding. Every day there are at least 50 local residents who are looking for barking at the seaside.
One of them 60-year-old grandmother named Karmelia. He began looking for barking since dawn, accompanied by two grandchildren who have dropped out of school.Not only that he can bark with her grandson, but also to other marine biota, such as tripang, crabs and shrimp.
But lately, a large barking increasingly difficult to obtain. Most who found a small bark. Not to mention, the search has now been more and more barking.
So Karmelia who pursue this occupation for more than 20 years every day can only get one to two kilograms of bark. Catch sold to collectors for seven thousand rupiah over kg.In the mediator fresh gong gong kept for two days at the warehouse. This was done so that the loose dirt and sand from the shells of bark.
After the clean bark shelters sold to agents in the city of Batam with price ranging from ten thousand to fifteen thousand rupiah per kg. Agent bark shelter then sell it to the restaurant for sixteen to twenty thousand rupiah over kg.
Barking can actually be an alternative Riau Islands residents to make a living. But unfortunately, this marine mollusk species can not be cultivated. Been limited to animals breed naturally.Because every day is taken, bark can become extinct. Moreover, this marine life requires long time, about five years to harden their shells.
Budi Institute for Marine Resources and Fisheries Department Marine Batam, has made efforts in preservation of barking by undertaking conservation in their natural habitat on the seashore. Bark seeds released in the area of two hectares to determine movement patterns and reproduction.
Bark may be more difficult to obtain. But public interest remained high eating bark.Almost every restaurant seafood in Batam to provide this unique food menu as appetizers. Starting from a special restaurant, so food outlets in shopping malls.
They cost between twenty-five thousand to thirty thousand dollars a portion. The buyer is not limited to citizens of the city of Batam, but also visitors from Jakarta. One of the fans are barking Andiyono food.
Stated another field grasshopper, the other other bottom fish. So also a matter of taste of food. For society and especially Batam in Riau Islands, barking is their typical food. So for those who visit to Batam, it's not complete until they've been eating bark.
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