FISHING PRODUCTIVITY OF DEMERSAL FISHES USED HAND LINE IN SEMBILAN ISLAND WATERS, SOUTH SULAWESI

A fishing productivity refers to production capability of a fishing gear in time, volume, or\ud area of fishing ground. The principle of hand line fishing is fishing with a natural bait. The purpose of the study was to determine the productivity of hand line and to compare the fishing productivity based on fishing time. The research was a case study on one unit hand line during 30 trips in April ??? June 2014. The calculation of fishing productivity (total fish/minute) of hand line was based on the ratio between fish production and actual fishing time. Non-parametric Cruscal-Wallis were used to compare fishing productivity in different times. The regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between fishing productivity and number of natural bait and fishing time. The main production of hand line was Speckled-Fin Rockod (Epinephelus ongus). The area of the fishing ground was located at 5??19???30???-5??36???47??? S and 119??48???30???-120??20???0??? E. Fishing activities were conducted until three fishing ground/trip with total production of 55 fishes for 30 fishing trips. The productivity for first fishing ground was 0.07673 fishes/minute, productivity for second fishing ground was 0.09134 fishes/minute, and productivity for third fishing ground was\ud 0.06784 fishes/minute. According to Non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test, the results indicated no significant difference of fishing ground over fishing time. Regression analysis showed fishing time significantly affect fishing productivity