Catch composition and bycatch from glass eel fisheries in Cimandiri River at Sukabumi, West Java

Abstract

Abstract Bycatch is the catch of non-target fish, including what is brought to port which are not is main target of retain and what is discarded at fishing area. Sirib (a type of push net) and bubu (trap) are fishing gear to catch glass eel in the five rivers (both upriver and estuary) from Sukabumi, West Java. The research was conducted in July 2019 to January 2020. The aimed of this study to analyze the catch composition of glass eel from Cimandiri River. Result of the study shows that the catch composition from Cimandiri River consist of 8–9 species. However, catch composition of trap is lower than sirib/pushnet due to traps are more selective than sirib instead of the fishing location from the traps is in upriver.