Sailfin Catfish Hunting with SPIA

Lebaran Baru 2026 marks the beginning of our genetic control research on ikan bandaraya, which officially kicked off with the SPIA team at Kangar Waterfront this morning. Truly fortunate to finally meet in person the key figures of Skuad Pemburu Ikan Asing Tok Tuah Channel, Haziq, Captain Amli Renjer, abang Syuhaily Suhaily, and others whom we usually only interact with virtually, during a CSR programme hunting invasive fish in Sungai Perlis together with IKBN, MPK, and JPS Perlis. Learned a lot of new field level information from them, especially on invasive fish, particularly ikan bandaraya. Understandably, we are not from a fisheries background, haha. Even though I was down with fever, still pushed myself to go, and the outcome was worth it. Preliminary observations indicate that Sungai Perlis has indeed already been exposed to invasive fish threats, especially IB. God willing, I will join the SPIA team again if time allows. Now it is time to analyse the samples in the lab.