| Summary: | The fish landed at the Archipelago Fishing Port of Sungailiat is an important aspect for the fishing industry development. One of the factors that influence the sustainability of capture fisheries is optimal fishing operation. Fishing season index can be used to determine an appropriate time in perform of fishing operations. The objective of this research is to determine fishing season pattern of pelagic and demersal fish in the Archipelago Fishing Port of Sungailiat. Time series data on catch and fishing efforts (2006-2015) collected from Sungailiat Archipelago Fishing Port were used to calculate monthly CPUEs and then analysed using moving average method to obtain fishing season index for each month. This results showed that the peak fishing season of eastern little tuna and Barre spanish mackerel occur for 4 months with the best peak season respectively in October and April. The peak fishing season of Yelowstripe Scad, Tile Trevally, Terpedo Scad, sharks and Grouper occur for 5 months with the best peak season respectively in October, May, January, April, and February. The peak fishing season of Marine catfish and Black pomfret occur for 6 months with the best peak season respectively in January and October. While the peak fishing season of Ray occur for 8 months with the best peak season in October.
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