Dinamika Populasi Ikan Caru (Megalaspis cordyla) yang Didaratkan di Tempat Pendaratan Ikan (TPI) Pantai Labu, Provinsi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Caru fish (Megalaspis cordyla) is a small pelagic fish that lives in schooling in the surface layers of the waters. This fish is one of the fish resources caught by fishermen who land at the Fish Landing Site (TPI) of Labu Beach, North Sumatra Province. The purpose of this study was to determine the analysis of fish growth, mortality and exploitation rate of caru in the waters of Deli Serdang regency. This research was conducted in September – November 2022. The caru fish that were observed during the study had a class distribution of 120,5−423,5 mm in length, the growth pattern of caru fish during the study was negative allometric, based on the condition factor values of the male caru fish which were classified as flat while the female caru were classified as less flat. The length of the first caught caru male caru was 189.91 mm and the female caru was 238.53 mm and the length at first maturity of male and female caru were 343.64 mm and 259.84 mm. The exploitation rate of caru fish is 0.76, this is classified into the category of growth overfishing and has experienced overfishing