Optimization Model of Mariculture in Tuban District

Mariculture is one form of an effort to increase fishery production, in addition to capture fisheries. The waters north of Java, Tuban Regency are developing Mariculture using floating net cages with the main commodities of grouper fish. The current problem is the limited supporting industries that meet the needs of seeds, fish feed and mariculture equipment. In addition, the availability of land is limited because it requires quality waters that are clean and free of pollution. Mariculture development requires government policies to encourage the emergence of supporting industries. As a large investment, a supporting industry can only be created if the Mariculture industry is proven to have high economic value. Thus, it is necessary to develop a Mariculture model to identify (1) the size of the industry based on available marine resources (land area and water conditions) and (2) to develop an optimization model with linear programming. The result of this research is a linear programming model and the optimal value of each cultivation commodity. Cultivation commodities consist of grouper.