Evaluation of small pelagic fishing gear production as part of small scale fishery in FMA 573 Indonesia (A Case Study of Pangandaran Landing Site)

Fisheries

Small pelagic is one of the fishery commodities in Fisherise Management Area (FMA) 573 besides large pelagic fish, demersal and crustacean. Based on the status of small pelagic fish resource utilization in that area, it has shown signs of overfishing level. Fishing activities for small pelagic fisheries usually occur in coastal areas and dominated by small-scale fisher. The aims of this research is to assess regarding production and productivity of small-scale fisher at the Pangandaran Landing Site (one of the coastal area part of FMA 573) calculated based on fishing effort and catch per unit of effort (CPUE). The research location chosen was Pangandaran Landing Site as one of the fish landings located in South Coast of West Java as part of FMA 573. This location was chosen because this area mostly consists of small-scale fisher. This research was conducted in 2019-2020 using a survey method. The collected data consists of primary data and secondary data which are collected through direct surveys to the data provider agencies. The data obtained are qualitative data and quantitative data which will be analyzed and interpreted descriptively. The results showed that the annual small pelagic fish production in Pangandaran Landing Site was 1,801 tons with the dominant type of small pelagic fish was Rastrelliger negelectus. The type of fishing gear used by fisher dominated by gill nets such as drift gill nets, stationary gill nets and trammel nets. The highest production and fishing effort to catch small pelagic fish is the stationary gill net. The average annual CPUE of fishing gear was 0.84 ton per trip and the highest CPUE of fishing gear occurred in 2014 (1.01 tonnes per trip).

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