ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL FISHING ON CATCH PRODUCTION OF FISHERMEN IN LAKE BANGKAU

Abstract

Bangkau Village is one of the villages in Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency. The problem faced in Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency in the field of fisheries is the low level of community participation in efforts to preserve fish resources. This study aims to analyze the optimization of community participation in the supervision of Illegal Fishing and the impact of Illegal Fishing on fishermen's catch production during 2014-2022. This research was conducted in the waters of Lake Bangkau, Kandangan District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency. The data analysis technique in answering the objective, namely descriptive analysis of the percentage, was carried out by measuring research variables by means of a Likert scale. As well as analysis of quantitative descriptive data, namely comparing the production level of fishing catches for 2014-2022. Community participation in dealing with the problem of illegal fishing in Lake Bangkau, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency, namely 25.90% of the people thought it was very good, 23.81% thought it was good, 24.95% thought it was sufficient, 11.24% thought it was not good and 14.10% the community thinks it is not good. The impact of illegal fishing supervision on the catch production of fishermen in Lake Bangkau, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency (2014-2022) has been proven by the production of fishermen's catches in Lake Bangkau increasing every year.

Keywords

• illegal fishing
• lake bangkau
• participation
• impact
• fishermen