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%.
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