Analysis of environmental quality, production performance and economic feasibility of Anadara granosa cultivation in Sukal, Bangka Belitung Province

• Published in: Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 2881 - 2891
• Main Authors: Prasetiyono, Eva, Nirmala, Kukuh, Supriyono, Eddy, Sukenda, Hastuti, Yuni P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cluj-Napoca Bioflux SRL 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Anadara granosa; Aquaculture; Coastal waters; Coasts; Cockles; Community; Costs; Cultivation; Dissolved oxygen; Economic analysis; Economic feasibility; Environmental quality; Feasibility; Financing; Fisheries; Fishing; Gardening; Land area; Payback periods; Polyculture (aquaculture); Productivity; Quality assurance; Revenue; Salinity; Sediments; Shellfish; Substrates; Tin; Water quality; Indonesia
• ISSN: 1844-8143; 1844-9166

Blood cockles (Anadara granosa) cultivation is one of the efforts to utilize coastal waters. Bangka Belitung, one of the provinces in Indonesia, has blood cockles cultivation center on the Sukal coastal waters, preserved from tin mining activities. The cultivation carried out by the local community needs to be analyzed for environmental support, productivity, and economic feasibility to ensure further development. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the environmental characteristics, production performance, and financial feasibility of blood cockles aquaculture in Sukal coastal waters, Bangka Belitung Province. Environmental quality data were obtained through measurement, substrate type, and water quality analysis at the site. Meanwhile, data on the production and financing of business activities were obtained from the blood cockles cultivators' respondents. The results showed that the substrate type was soft mud. The salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved oxygen values were 25-29%o, 29-30°C, 7.4-7.9, and 5.8-6.3 mg L-1, respectively. The values of revenue, profit, payback period (PP), break-even point of production (BEP production), break-even point of price (bep price), revenue of cost ratio (R/C ratio), and benefit of cost ratio (b/c ratio) for a land area of 5,000 m2 were IDR 87,750,000, IDR 69,620,000, 3.6 months, 1,394.62 kg, IDR 2,685.93, 4.84, and 3.84, respectively. Furthermore, the activities in the Sukal coastal waters had environmental characteristics suitable for blood cockles cultivation. It could increase land productivity and was profitable with all the positive benefits. The prospect of developing this activity was very high and sustainable. Therefore, it should be defended from destructive activities, specifically tin mining.