INTEGRATION OF WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THE POTENTIAL OF FISH SPREAD WITH VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEMS ON FISHING VESSELS

Indonesian traditional fishermen generally use boatwhich not equipped with adequate navigation equipment. This becomes a problem when fishermen cannot get important information directly, such as location of navigation, weather, fish distribution and fuel adequacy. Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) on a fishing boat was build that to integrating all of the information. VMS consists of 2 parts, namely the ground control station (GCS) and navigation equipment.Weather data from WWO and data on chlorophyll A which correlate to fish distribution were obtained from WWS read via GCS and distributed to the navigation equipment. The results of maritime weather prediction testing based on the position of the ship and the fishing target gain 100% conformity. The results of testing of the potential fish distribution based on chlorophyllA data from API GIBS NASA gain an average accuracy of 95.24%. The results of testing the conformity of the representation of GCS coordinate points with the navigation system gain 100% conformity.