Coral fish condition in the waters of Pare-Pare Bay and Awerange Bay South Sulawesi

SUHARYANTO SUHARYANTO (Balai Riset Perikanan Budidaya Air Payau, Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan, Maros 90554)
UTOJO UTOJO (Balai Riset Perikanan Budidaya Air Payau, Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan, Maros 90554)

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2007)

Observation on fish coral condition was conducted in the waters of Pare-Pare and Awerange Bay, South Sulawesi, on October and November 2004, using scuba diving set and under water writting tools. Monitoring of fish coral conditions were conducted in 7 m depths up to 100 m length of shore line were observed in four stations of diving, two stations in Pare-pare Bay and two stations in Awerange Bay using “sencus visual of Line Intercept Transect” method. The result showed that in the waters of Pare-Pare Bay were not found fish coral, just pelagic fish were found, meanwhile in the waters of Awerange Bay, fish coral found as much as 17 families and 46 specieses.© 2007 Jurusan Biologi FMIPA UNS SurakartaKey words: Coral fish condition, Pare-Pare Bay, Awerange Bay