TINGKAT KERAMAH LINGKUNGAN ALAT TANGKAP GILL NET DI KECAMATAN NIPAH PANJANG, JAMBI

Abstract

Competition between fishing gear to get the maximum catch, raises fears of over fishing. Therefore, environmentally friendly fishing gear is a reference in the use of technology and fishing gear. This study aims to determine the level of environmental friendliness of each gill net fishing gear in Nipah Panjang 1 Village, based on FAO (1995) criteria. The research was held on February 2018. The method used in this study is a survey. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with fishermen respondents who had sailed for at least 5 years and the ship used was at least 3 GT. Samples were taken as much as 50% of each fishing gear population to analyze the level of environmental friendliness. The results of the analysis of the environmental friendliness of the fishing gear gill net in Nipah Panjang 1 Village indicate that the net kurau gill is included in the category of very environmentally friendly fishing gear with a value of 28. While for gill net 7 inch fishing gear, millennium net gill, and net gill 4 inches are included in the criteria for environmentally friendly fishing gear with values of 25.2, 23.8 and 23.5 respectively.