Jurnal Ilmu Kelautan Spermonde
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1, 2018

DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC FISH IN SOUTH CHINA SEA USING GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH

Hidayat, Esa Fajar (Unknown)
Pujiyati, Sri (Unknown)
Suman, Ali (Unknown)
Hestirianoto, Totok (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Apr 2018

Abstract

Pelagic fish are spesies that live in water column at depth of 100 to 200 meters from surface. They migrate as a group looking for nutrient and spawning place. Potential fisheries comodities in Indonesia including pelagic fish have high economic value. Then, stock assessment of pelagic fish measurement is important to researched. The research was conducted in May – June 2016 surrounding South China Sea waters using Madidihang 02 Research Vessel operated by Marine Fisheries Affair (MFA) Republic of Indonesia. To estimate the density of pelagic fish hydro-accoustic equipment and oceanography parameters were used and measured during the campaign. The split beam echosounder was use in aim to obtain precission position and number of fish target. The highest density of fish was found around Tambelan Island and Anambas Island. Statistically pelagic fish density has correlation with chlorophyll-a, salinity, temperature, and sea current velocity. The statistical analysis between pelagic fish density and those oceanography parameters (as statistic variables) yields positive vector correlation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Jiks

Publisher

Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Description

The aims of this journal is to provide a venue for academicians, researchers and practitioners for publishing the original research articles or review articles in the field of Marine ...