STESEN AKUAKULTUR AIR TAWAR BABAGON PENAMPANG
Me standing next to the signboard (Signboard need some touch up :))
Hello again, its been quite a while since my last post... hhmmm.. getting malas :).. Not really la.. but been busy with kids and things around me.
So this will be about fish..yeah..:), I got the chance to visit this place not so long ago some where in Kampung Babagon Penampang and thought of sharing some pictures here on my blogspot. The reason why I want to share the fish topic with you is because of
Tagal system where by the people in Babagon Village managed to run it successfully. If I'm not mistaken, not long ago, Babagon has launch their Tagal Tourism Centre.
Tagal system is basically a system where by the community of an area used to manage their river or water resources. My own assumption about Tagal system is that kampung people (participants) rear fish along the river and they can only catch it in a certain time agreed by the participants of the Tagal system.
Allow me to express myself in Malay :)
** Kalau kau nampak itu ikan di sungai Babagon yang dalam kawasan Tagal... macam ko mau pigi curi tangkap saja itu ikan... tapi tidak buli...abis nanti kana saman sama orang kampung :). Tiada ikan yang kici-kici, semua macam tapak tangan dan lebih besar lagi. Back to the main topic, as I step my foot on the hanging bridge, I was amazed by the beautiful nature especially the river. I can't find any word to describe how wonderful it is.
Panas pun tida rasa o :). Babagon is actually famous for its
sweet pineapple and the
Babagon Dam. If you happen to travel along the Tambunan road, when you reach Kampung Babagon, you definitely will see the famous fruits stall selling variety of fruits from the local farmers or fruits from the jungle such as
tarap and the
bulunu.
As far as I'm concern, this station is belongs to the
Jabatan Perikanan Sabah. If you ever thought of doing a fish pond for commercial purpose, its good that you seek advise from them. By visiting this station, I gain better knowledge about fish breading,
kasi kawin ikan and etc. Here are some pictures that I would like to share with all of you.
Beautiful & relaxing scenery of the Moyog River 
Crossing the hanging bridge before you can reach the station.
Moyog River and the fish ponds
Talapia merah (Red Talapia) and Talapia Hitam (Black Talapia) Sure sangkut one or 2 in your rambat although your rambat kacut. :)
The station workers busy kasi kawin the fish and some big fish in a special ponds (all of it actually really big but don't know if nice to eat or not la)
This is the lampam jawa pond and some frogs in a special pond. (Frogs!? hhmmm)
This is where i got stuck for a long time while my visit in this station. A giant Arapaima agigas which the fishery department cougth from a pet shop selling it without any permit and they took this fish and put it here in the station. Its actually bigger then me! no joke. I think it can swallow the whole me.
Basically this is the most important thing if you happen to do a commercial fish pond. The water system. This is the most basic system they use here because water source is so near to the station. Just like you make a water gravity system la if in kampung.
