Abstrak
The waters of Tarakan Island have enormous fishery potential, it can be seen from the diversity of fish caught, these waters are one of the fishing areas with monumental fishing gear, one of which is the Amal Beach on Tarakan Island. This study aims to identify the relative abundance of fish species and classify based on the size of the pomfret (Pampus sp.) caught in the Tugu fishing gear in the Amal Coast waters of Tarakan Island. The research was carried out for 2 months from June to July 2021. The total fish caught were 2,932 fish, which were distributed in 3 phyla, 4 classes, 13 orders, 15 families, 17 genera and 18 species. The relative abundance of fish species ranged from 0.14 – 48.06%, the highest abundance of the species Panaeus merguensi 48.06%, Ilisha sp. 15.04% and Argyrosome sp. 11.94%, while the lowest abundance was from Portunus sp. 0.14%, Pseudorhombus sp. 0.31%, and Paraplausia sp. 0.38%. The total length of pomfret (Pampus sp.) caught ranged from 8.2 – 27.13 cm which was dominated by the size of 8.2 – 11.96, the pomfret caught was juvenile or immature fish with a size smaller than 15 ,9 cm.