TEKNOLOGI PENANGANAN DAN PENGAWETAN DI ATAS KAPAL PADA NELAYAN KABUPATEN ACEH BARAT

Fish handling and preservation techniques are important things that must be applied in the fisheries industry. The purpose of this handling and preservation is to maintain the quality of the fish until it reaches the consumer. Handling activities must be carried out from upstream and downstream, namely from fishing activities to processing into products. Proper and good handling and preservation could produce prime commodities, high selling value, and expand market access. This indirectly has the potential to increase fishermen’s income. The socialization activity was carried out in the hall of the Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP) of West Aceh Regency. The purpose of this activity is to provide fishermen with an understanding of how to properly handle fish on board and preservation techniques that can be applied on board. The socialization was held in two sessions. The first session presented onboard handling technology and the second session preservation technology on board. The socialization activity was closed with a discussion session with the fishermen, in this session a lot of information was received from fishermen regarding conditions in the field, so that it could be input in finding the best solution for fishermen in West Aceh. One solution given is to redesign the hatch space by adding aluminum foil to the insulator of the hatch so that it can be used optimally and pay more attention to the ratio of the amount of ice and fish during storage on the boat so that it can maintain the quality of the fish until the fish is landed