The activity of nyair impun in the estuary is an old tradition, and is part of the community's habits every season. But now, we are faced with a new reality: the impun or baby eels that are caught have not had time to grow up, have not had time to reproduce. If we continue to take these small ones, the population will eventually run out. Later our children and grandchildren may not be able to see impun like we used to.
If it continues to be done without sustainable management, the eel population will be threatened with extinction and this will not only have ecological impacts, but also economic and cultural ones in the future.
"Nature has a law of balance. If we take too much from nature without giving it a chance to grow, then we ourselves will suffer in the future. Traditions can be maintained, but the method must be adjusted to the times and the increasingly fragile conditions of nature."
“Catching impun in the estuary is like harvesting green rice. If all of it is harvested before its time, we will have no rice. Just like impun, if all of it is caught before it is mature, eels will become extinct, we will not have this fish anymore.”
“We may still be able to fish now. But let’s ask: will our children still be able to? Do we want to pass on the emptiness of nature to the next generation?”.
