Dedy Suprianto, 2016. Analysis of Business Pattern and Tuna Fishing Season In Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawesi
Supervisors:
Dr. Ir. John Budiman, MSi., MSc.
Dr. Heffry V. Dien, S.Pi., M.Si
SUMMARY
Indonesia possesses potential fish resources in either number and species. One of marine living resources having high economic value in Indonesia is tuna, and therefore, tuna could be one of superior non-fuel export materials from fisheries sector.This study was aimed to analyze the condition of tuna fishery in order to know the business patterns practiced by tuna fishermen and analyze the fishing effort and exploitation level to know the fishing season in Maluccas Sea based upon tuna catches landed in Southeast Minahasa.
Data collection was carried out in Belang district, Southeast Minahasa, for 5 months. The study was descriptive through primary and secondary data collection.Business patterns were approached using interactive model of analysis, while fishing season pattern was analyzed using Average Percentage Method based upon Times Series Analysis.
Results showed that most fishermen of Southeast Minahasa used a pattern whose business cost was taken care by the fishing boat owner under cheaper selling price. It was done to anticipate the possibility of low catch and to avoid high risk for the fishermen. Tuna fishing season, based upon tuna fish landing in the fisheries port of Belang, occurred in Maluccas waters and its surrounding from Januari, March, July, September and October, with the highest index in January. It could result from good weather condition and high fish stock availability in the raft, so that the fishing activities could be safely and well done. Februari, April, May, June, August, November, dan December were famine seasons, because they had bad weather condition that makes the fishermen difficult to operate the fishing gear so that the fishermen’s income was low.
This study concluded that fishermen communities in Southeast Minahasa used a business pattern in which in the famine season the operational cost was handled by the fishing boat owner, while in tuna season, the catch sharing system was done under an equal cost burden. Tuna season in Maluccas Sea occurred in January, March, July, September, and October.