Fishing trials of portable fad on purse seine fisheries

Abstract

Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) are tools for collecting fish by using various attractors from solid objects that attract fish to gather. Portable FAD uses sound frequency attractors that can be operated in various fishing areas. Portable FAD is not placed permanently in the waters and can be stored until fishing operations are carried out. The purpose of this activity is to calculate the buoyancy and gravity of portable FAD, determine the composition of the catch, and determine the distribution pattern of fish in the morning, afternoon, and evening. For 17 (seventeen) days, this activity was carried out in Yamdena waters, Ambon. The calculation results of the total buoyancy force of portable FAD were 20554.69 gs, total sinking force was 5460.69 gs, and the extra buoyancy value was 73%. The dominant fish caught using purse seiner were skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) of 37.41%, yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) of 33.53%, scad fish (Decapterus russeli) of 11.62%, tuna (Euthynnus affinis) by 8.12%, and sunglir fish (Elagatis bipinnulata) by 5.14%. Portable FAD can attract fish from 15 minutes and continue to increase to a peak at 105 minutes with 160 fish approaching. The highest fish approach to portable FAD was recorded in the morning at 105 minutes at a depth of 20-25 m were 89 fish, the lowest was in the afternoon at 15 minutes at a depth of 5-10 m were 7 fish. The best use of portable FAD is in the morning and evening.