PROFIL USAHA, PENDAPATAN DAN KONSUMSI RUMAH TANGGA PEMBUDIDAYA IKAN DI DESA CIKIDANG BAYABANG, CIANJUR, JAWA BARAT

Waduk Cirata di Kabupaten Cianjur merupakan salah satu perairan umum dengan intensitas budidaya ikan yang tinggi di Provinsi Jawa Barat. Kegiatan budidaya di Waduk Cirata menggunakan teknologi budidaya ikan pada karamba jaring apung (KJA) yang saat ini sudah berkembang pesat di beberapa danau dan waduk seperti Saguling dan Jatiluhur. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa kegiatan usaha budidaya ikan dengan teknologi KJA di Desa Cikidang Bayabang dengan mengkaji perkembangan usaha, pendapatan dan konsumsi rumah tangga pembudidaya ikan. Desa Cikidang Bayabang merupakan salah satu desa terpilih mewakili tipologi perikanan budidaya pada KJA dari kegiatan riset PANELKANAS. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dan wawancara untuk pengumpulan data serta metode statistik deskriptif untuk analisis data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dilihat dari usaha, pendapatan dan konsumsinya budidaya ikan di KJA di Desa Cikidang Bayabang masih menjanjikan tetapi masih diperlukan dukungan pemerintah untuk lebih memajukan kegiatan budidaya perikanan. Tittle: Profile of Business, Income and Consumption of Fish Culture Households Iin Cikidang Bayabang Village, Cianjur District, West Java Province.Cirata reservoir in Cianjur District is one of open water used for intensive fish culture in West Java province. Fish culture in Cirata reservoir uses a floating net cage (locally known as KJA) technology which now growing expansively in some lakes and reservoirs in West Java such as Saguling and Jatiluhur. This research aims to analyze fish culture activities with cage culture technology in Cikidang Bayabang Village by examining business development, income and consumption of fish farmers. This village is considered a selected site of the PANELKANAS research representing typology of fish cage aquaculture. This research uses a survey method and interviews to collect data in May 2010 and descriptive statistical methods for data analysis. This research confirms that fish culture business, income and consumption in the cage fish farming in Cikidang Bayabang is still promising activities but it need supports from government to improve it.

Helminth parasites of finfish commercial aquaculture in Latin America

Latin America has tripled production by aquaculture up to 78 million tonnes in the past 20 years. However, one of the problems that aquaculture is facing is the presence of helminth parasites and the diseases caused by them in the region. In this review we have collected all the available information on helminths affecting commercial aquaculture in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), emphasizing those causing serious economic losses. Monogeneans are by far the most common and aggressive parasites affecting farmed fish in LAC. They have been recognized as serious pathogens in intensive fish culture because they reach high levels of infection rapidly, and can infect other phylogenetically related fish species. The next most important group comprises the larval stages of digeneans (metacercariae) such asDiplostomumsp. andCentrocestus formosanus, which cause serious damage to farmed fish. Since LAC aquaculture has been based mainly on exotic species (tilapia, salmon, trout and carp), most of their parasites have been brought into the region together with the fish for aquaculture. Recently, one of us (A.I.P.-T.) has suggested that monogeneans, which have generally been considered to be harmless, can produce serious effects on the growth of cultured Nile tilapia. Therefore, the introduction of fish together with their ‘harmless’ parasites into new sites, regions or countries in LAC should be considered a breakdown of biosecurity in those countries involved. Therefore, the application of quarantine procedures and preventive therapeutic treatments should be considered before allowing these introductions into a country.