Potential Analysis of Low Economic Value Fish in Lamongan Regency, East Java, Indonesia

¹ Department of Agriculture Science, Postgraduate Program, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Jl. Raya Tlogomas No. 246, Malang 65144, East Java, Indonesia
² Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Science, University of Muhamadiyah Malang
³ Department of Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Jember, Jl. Kalimantan no. 37, Jember 68121, East Java, Indonesia
⁴ Department of Management, Faculty of Economic, Darul Ulum Islamic University, Jl. Airlangga no. 3, Lamongan 62253, East Java, Indonesia
⁵ Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Marine Technology and Natural Sciences of Klaipeda University, H. Manto g. 84, Klaipėda 92294, Lithuania
⁶ Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Soedarto, SH, Tembalang, Semarang 50275, Central Java, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: choirulanam@unisda.ac.id

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the potential of low commercial value fish species in Lamongan Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The processed data included primary and secondary data. Data were processed using the LQ method and analyzed descriptively by way of compiling data into tables. The survey results showed that there are ten types of low commercial value fish in Lamongan Regency, East Java, Indonesia, namely Sardinella fimbriata (Tembang fish), Leiognathus bindus (Peperek fish), Harpadon nehereus (Puso fish), Sardinella lemuru, (Lemuru fish), Saurida tumbil (Beloso fish), Gerres abbreviatus (Kapasan fish), Anodontostoma chacunda (Juwi fish), and Cynoglossus lingua (Lidah fish). The results of the LQ method showe that there are three types of fish that have the potential to be made of high economic value products, namely L. bindus (11.36), A. chacunda (2.35), and S. fimbriata (2.32). Fish Auction (TPI) that has the potential in terms of fish productivity to be developed is TPI Weru, Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia. The typology of fishermen in TPI Weru has less experience working as a fisherman than other TPI but the level of education is higher and the age of fishermen is younger so that it affects the productivity of fish catches.