KAPASITAS PENANGKAPAN IKAN PELAGIS KECIL DI PERAIRAN PANTAI BARAT SULAWESI SELATAN

Fishing capacity can be regarded as a total mobilized capability made byfishing fleet to produce catch. This research analyze trend and fishing capacities ofsmall pelagic fish in off west coast of South Sulawesi. There are 8 significant fishingunit operated in off west coast of South Sulawesi ; these are payang, beach seine,purse seine, drift gill net, encircling gillnet, fixed gill net, boat liftnet, fixed liftnet. Thefish production data cover 6 types of fish, i.e. Indian mackerel, anchovy, sardines,scads, and trevally caught by 8 types fishing unit. Annual fishing effort and CPUEover a period of 30 years (1977-2006) were calculated after a standardizationconsidering variability in capture capability and fisheries development. Analysis wasconducted for identifyng CPUE trend and fishing capacities of small pelagic fish using Peak to Peak Analysis. The study area was divided into three regions, i.e, aroundSpermonde Island (zone A), off Polman and Pinrang district (zone B) and off Majenedan Mamuju district (zone C). CPUE trend in three water zone showed to decreasefor 30 year of period, where decreasing CPUE trend at zone C was higher than otherzones. Fishing capacities in zone A need to be reduced of fishing effort for 6%, whereas in zone B was 5% and zone C was 11%