Bioeconomic analysis of the impact of ‘cantrang’ (Danish seine) toward gill net in Pati regency, Indonesia

Abstract

‘Cantrang’ (danish seine) is considered as an un-environmentally friendly fishing gear in Indonesia. Enhancement use of ‘cantrang’ caused a decrease in gill net fisheries production, including in Pati regency. Therefore, the Indonesian government issued a regulation prohibiting 'cantrang'. However, this regulation has caused a conflict of interest, between pros and cons. Then ‘cantrang’ ban regulation move from technical and regulation issues to social, economic and political issues. This research purpose was to analyze the effect of ‘cantrang’ to gill net fisheries production in Pati regency. This research used the Gordon-Schaefer model that has been modified by our research team. This research proved that our research model can be applied to estimate a relationship between gill net fisheries production and fishing effort of ‘cantrang’. It is estimated that an average loss value of gill net fisheries production due to increase of ‘cantrang’ fisheries was 257 624 Kg per year during 2014 to 2017 that equal to IDR. 18 557 416 577 per year