Capture-based aquaculture of glass eel nurseries, Anguilla bicolor in Segara Anakan, Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Capture-based aquaculture specially considers the fattening or on-growing of species which is based on the wild-caught seed. The survey was conducted to evaluate the sustainability of eel nurseries based on the catch of glass eels carried out by aquafarmers in Segara Anakan Cilacap, which decreased after the pandemic occurred in this region. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, there were 50 glass eel aqua-culturists, however during and after pandemic there was 29 glass eel aqua-culturists and mostly in Kedungreja District. There were two glass eel nurseries areas in Cilacap, namely around the Serayu and Citanduy rivers. In the east, there are areas of Maos and Kesugihan, while in the west in Kawunganten, Kaliwungu-Kalicengis Kedungreja and Gandrungmangu. The technology of the glass eel nursery was reliable, in the seedling areas, Segara Anakan, where most eels were produced.