Femy Mahmud Sahami, Sri Nuryatin Hamzah, Sitty Ainsyah Habibie, Abdul Hamid Tome, Mohamad Rusdiyanto Usman Puluhulawa
Nike fish is part of the post-larvae and juvenile amphidromous gobies school. The emergence of this fish species is widely perceived by the local community knowledge to be associated with certain myths. This research aims to analyze the local community knowledge concerning the Nike fish and interpret it through a scientific approach, in order to formulate sustainable management policies. This research was conducted in the waters of Tomini Bay, Gorontalo City, Indonesia. The composition data including fish samples at 150 g were collected in six emergence periods in 2019 and 2021 from the daily catch of fishermen. Meanwhile, the local knowledge data were retrieved in 2022. All data were compiled and analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the local community understand fish taxonomy as indicated by the names provided to several groups of fish such as ‘duwo bohu’, ‘pilodehiyo’, ‘biluloa’, ‘piloheluto’, and ‘taimolo’. It was discovered from a scientific perspective that this local taxonomy has different characteristics and constituent species. For example, duwo bohu and pilodehiyo are the names of the groups dominated by Sicyopterus longifilis, while biluloa is a term for groups dominated by Stiphodon semoni. Additionally, piloheluto is a group of Nike fish associated with glass eels, while taimolo is the term used for fish that entered river waters to continue their life cycle. Finally, this study can be used to formulate policies needed to ensure the sustainability of these resources by limiting fishing activities to the biluloa and prohibiting the capture of the piloheluto and taimolo groups. © 2024, BIOFLUX SRL. All rights reserved.
Faculty of Marine and Fisheries Technology, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 6 Jenderal Sudirman St., Kota Tengah,, Gorontalo, Gorontalo City, 96128, Indonesia; Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 6 Jenderal Sudirman St., Kota Tengah, Gorontalo, Gorontalo City, 96128, Indonesia
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