| dc.description.abstract | District Asahan has a large fishery resources. This issupported by the
District Asahan horeline reach to ± 58 km. Bagan Asahan Village sub-district of
Tanjung Balai is locatd at the mouth of the Asahan river directly opposite with the
Strait of Malacca. Fisherman from Bagan Asahan Village catching fish by using
gears. The most widely used fishing gears were gill net, ground gill net, longline,
fishing rod, and traps (bubu). The purpose of this research was to identify fishing
gear, included in the category ofeco-friendly or not and to find out the production
of the fishing gear.
Fishing gear that used by fisherman of Bagan Asahan Village included
into very environmentally friendly fishing gear and environmentally friendly. The
result showed gill net and fishing grod was categorized into a very friendly
environment, while the ground gill net, longline and traps was categorized into
types of environmentally friendly fishing gear. Overall yield obtained for eachgear
was. Gill net yield was 509.7 kg/month, ground gill net was 1469.2 kg/month,
longline and fishing grod was 404.89 kg/month and traps (bubu) was 959.6
kg/month | en_US |
