Fishing Season of Large Pelagic Fish in Lempasing Coastal Fishing Port Lampung Province

Abstract

Large pelagic fish is one of a major fish that were caught by fishermen in
Lempasing Coastal Fishing Port. The large pelagic fish, landed in Lempasing
Coastal Fishing Port, are little tuna, king mackerel, great barracuda, needle fish,
and trevally. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of productivity
of large pelagic fish and to predicts large pelagic fishing season in Lempasing
Coastal Fishing Port. The study was conducted in March-July 2015. The method
was descriptive method. The results showed that the level of productivity of large
pelagic fish in Lempasing Coastal Fishing Port tend to fluctuate each year. The
highest productivity occurred in 2010 amounted to 30.67 kg/trip and lowest
productivity occurred in 2011 amounted to 12.96 kg/trip. The peak fishing season
of little tuna occur in August with index value 176.76%. The peak fishing season
of king mackerel occur in Mei with index value 176.93%. The peak fishing season
of great barracuda occur in March with index value 136.14%. The peak fishing
season of needle fish occur in December with index value 184.54%. The peak
fishing season of trevally occur in December with index value 156.54%.