PRODUCTIVITY AND PERCEPTION OF FISHERMEN USING LAMP ATTRACTORS TOWARDS FISHERMEN IN SEBESI ISLAND, LAMPUNG

Abstract

Sebesi Island is one of the islands located in Sebesi Island is located at the southwest tip of Sumatra Island, Sunda Strait, Indonesia. This island is included in the South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province. This island is located west of Krakatau Bay and has beautiful scenery. Sebesi Island is inhabited by residents who mostly work as fishermen. Fishing rod, payang, and bagan boat fishermen on Sebesi Island need innovations in lamp aggregating devices for operating fishing gear. Lamp attractor technology is expected to create fishing areas and anticipate the degradation of fishing areas. The purpose of this activity are to calculate production and production value of fish catch and to determine fishermen's perceptions of the innovative use of light attractors in the waters of Sebesi Island, Lampung. This activity used interview and purposive sampling methods. Fishermen's perception data was collected by interview using a questionnaire of 30 fishermen with respondents determined by accidental sampling. All fishermen's perception values ​​​​of lamp attractors are grouped into 3 categories, most fishermen have a high level of perception of 18 people (76%), a moderate level of 9 people (22%), and a low level of only 3 people (2%). Fisheries production in 2023 will reach 131,264 tonnes, while the production value will reach IDR. 918,814,500. The lamp attractors have advantages including high catch productivity, diverse catch types, and a large composition of catchable fish.