SUITABILITY AND CARRYING CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF VANAME SHRIMP (LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI) AQUACULTURE IN TEGAL, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

Abstract

Tegal Regency the one of center vaname shrimp aquculture in Central Java. The number of production to increased which 1,560 ton (2014) to 618,593 ton (2017). The study of aim to determine the suitability of vaname shrimp farming land has collected and Geographic Information System (GIS) software was combined with the Analytical Hierachy Process (AHP). The assessment consists of ;(1) water quality consisting as temperature, DO, pH, salinity, brightness, ammonia, phosphate, and alkalinity; (2) soil quality consisting as soil pH, potential redox, organic matter, texture and cation exchange capacity (CEC). Results of the assessment carried out on the coastal land of Tegal Regency, the potential obtained with the carrying capacity of land which is very suitable for vaname shrimp culture area is 1,533 ha or 27.10%, according to 4,120 ha or 72.83% and sufficiently suitable for 4 ha or 0.07 %. The analysis carried out on the aquaculture area was obtained according to the very suitable classification data obtained 42 hectares of area, according to an area of 503 ha, and quite in accordance with the area of 2 hectares. Analysis showed aquaculture area is still in the appropriate category. It is necessary to increase production by restructuring the ponds to become more intensive. Corresponding Spatial Plan Tegal, Minapolitan to progression vaname shrimp farming is in District Warureja, Suradadi and Kramat.

Keywords

• aquaculture
• overlay
• gis
• suitability
• vaname