Fishing Equipment Technical Efficiency for Fisheries Production in Banda Naira

Abstract

Banda Sea has potential fish resource types developed, namely small pelagic fish and large pelagic fish. The potential for catch fisheries has increased to small pelagic fish, the relative large-sized cobs, tuna and skipjack have a tendency to decrease the proportion in catch composition. The fishermen generally do not use the appropriate combination of production input, fishing operations with fishing gear are less efficient. The low production capacity is lack of skills and education of boat crews, there are many application methods or standards of fishing outside. In addition, the number of small-scale cruisers operating causes coastal fisheries to be under high pressure. This study aims to determine the technical efficiency of fishing gear, level of use of inputs (operating time, cruiser size, driving force, length of tation, crew members, crew and captain experience or variables to produce output (catches) in Banda Naira. The method used descriptive survey method, information is collected through asking questions or interviewing respondents, then analyzing the data onto multiple linear regression using SPSS Based on the results conducted during the study it can be seen that the average factors production cannot be utilized by fishermen.