APPLICATION OF FISH FLOUR GRINDING MACHINE IN THE SAMATURU FARMER GROUP IN SEGERI DISTRICT, PANGKEP REGENCY

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Bawasalo Village, Sigeri Subdistrict, South Sulawesi Province is geographically located on the coast with themain livelihoods of its people as freshwater fish aquaculture fishermen or catching and selling fish. The mainproblem faced by fishermen and fish entrepreneurs, because fish are a commodity that is rapidly decliningquality or rot that can only last a maximum of 5 hours and even faster at room temperature. The lack ofknowledge about the use of fish waste and the absence of application of technology in fish wastemanagement. This is why fish waste is only disposed of at sea or sold to collectors at a low price. Even thoughfish waste can be processed into fish flour which is very good as additional nutrition for livestock and fishfeed. Based on the analysis of the situation, some of the problems faced by the business group can bedescribed, namely: Utilization of fish is still limited as a product to be marketed directly (fresh fish), there isno knowledge of how to use leftover fish so that it is only disposed of and becomes a disturbing waste, there isno adequate tools for processing fish waste into useful processed products, especially for fish meal and fishfeed, the need for business development to increase their income besides fishing for fish. Especially when seaconditions are not possible, fishermen cannot go to sea and do not earn income, do not understand businessmanagement and bookkeeping. Besides, fishermen and fish entrepreneurs are still dependent on factory-madefeed, so farmers / fishermen must provide sufficient funds to animal feed costs. As we know that the price offactory production feed is increasingly expensive. The purpose of this PKM activity is the application of a fishwaste grinding machine into fish meal at UKM Partners. The method of solving the problem offered is tointroduce and demonstrate the fish meal grinding machine that drives an electric motor with the followingsteps. Conduct cooperation with related institutions of the Regional Government of Pangkep Regencyespecially the Industry and Trade Office of Pangkep Regency and the Head of Bawasalo Village, SigeriDistrict in the framework of family development fish farmers / fishermen. Conduct extension activities byintroducing appropriate technology to fish meal grinding machines that are driven by electric motors. Holddemonstrations / demonstrations and train partners to make and assemble high-quality, high-quality fish mealgrinding machines.