Performance, optimum allocation and capacity of catching gear of Katsuwonus pelamis in bone bay

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to (a) determine the fishing gear, (b) define the allocation of suitable fishing gears, (c) evaluatethe capacity of selected fishing boats. This research was conducted in Bone Bay area for two years, from February 2015 to February 2017. The method of this research is observation on all fishing gears for Skipjack Tuna and secondary data from Fishery Office of South Sulawesi Province. Data were analyzed with value function method, linear goal program, and data envelopment analysis program. The result showed that best performance gear from technical, biological, social and economic aspects is the ‘Pole and Line’. The optimum allocation of fishing gears is; 42 units for pole and line, 100 units for purse seine, 24 units for trammel net, 191 units for boat lift net and 181 units for stationary lift net. For the fishing boatl was already efficient, with improvement on certain inputs.