Performance of fishing gear on skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis in south Sulawesi, Indonesia

Skipjack tuna is the main target for commercial fisheries in the Luwu District, Bone Bay. The fish catching is performed all year long, so the overharvesting of this species tends to increase. The goal of the study is to analyze the performance skipjack tuna fishing gear (pole and line, hand line, a...

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Published inAquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 164 - 171
Main Authors Najamuddin, Baso, Aris, Musbir, Akmaluddin, Nelwan, Alfa, Sudirman, Hajar, Ibnu, Palo, Mahfud, Zainuddin, Mukti
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cluj-Napoca Bioflux SRL 01.04.2017
Subjects
Boats
Catch per unit effort
Commercial fishing
Ecological succession
Fish
Fisheries management
Fishing
Fishing equipment
Fishing gear
Fishing vessels
Fishing zones
Katsuwonus pelamis
Marine conservation
Marine fishes
Methods
Payback periods
Seine nets
Tuna fisheries
Sulawesi
Indonesia
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Summary:Skipjack tuna is the main target for commercial fisheries in the Luwu District, Bone Bay. The fish catching is performed all year long, so the overharvesting of this species tends to increase. The goal of the study is to analyze the performance skipjack tuna fishing gear (pole and line, hand line, and seine net) based on four aspects: biological, technical, social, and economical. Design the of study is direct observation in the field using interview method to choice respondent as like owner of fishing boat and other people choice each skipjack fishing gear. The analysis used scoring methods. Result of the study indicated that the pole and line was the optimal choice in technical and economical aspect, but hand line the optimal in biological and social aspect. The main priority of fishing gears in succession was first pole and line, second hand line and last seine net. The conclusion was that the fishing gear of pole and line had the best performance than others fishing gear in District Luwu. The fishing gear was also suitable to be continued and developed in the future because its profitable and short time in payback periods.
ISSN:1844-8143
1844-9166