Kamis, 24 Februari 2011

THE ROLE OF FLOOD PLAIN SWAMP FOR FISH PRODUCTION

Dina Muthmainnah and Abdul Karim Gaffar
Research Institute for Inland Fisheries
Jln. Beringin no. 308 Mariana Palembang, South Sumatra
e-mail: dina_mth@yahoo.co.id

ABSTRACT

River floodplain characterize by alternately changes from aquatic to terrestrial ecosystem and vise versa as a result of water level fluctuation in the main river, which are usually dictated by precipitation rates in the catchment area. During rainy season the water from river are flowing to the adjacent lowland area making a large water body, while in the dry season the water flow back to the main river remaining waters in small deeper parts of the plain. Flood plain swamp as a kind of water body has important role in fish production either from capture fisheries or from culture fisheries. Capture fisheries activities using a wide variety of fishing gears, start at the beginning of rainy season when fish habitually migrate from the main river either for grazing and for spawning and finish at the mid of dry season when the fish already going back to the main river and the rest have been totally caught out. Fish culture had been practices in swamp water using any culture systems such as ponds, cages, and fence system.

Key words: Floodplain swamp, fish production

Presented on International Seminar –Workshop on Integrated Lowland Development and Management, Palembang–South Sumatra –Indonesia, March 18, 2010.

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