Alat tangkap pukat ikan hela (mini trawl) di perairan Juata Laut kota Tarakan merupakan alat tangkap ikan bersifat aktif, memiliki ukuran panjang 15 meter dan lebar 25 meter menggunakan mesin 2 unit dengan ukuran kapal penangkapan 4 GT. Durasi penurunan alat tangkapan (setting) 30 menit, penarikan/penghelaan (towing) selama 6 jam dan pengangkatan alat tangkapan (hauling) selama 40 menit. Tujuan penelitian adalah menguraikan ciri morfologis hasil tangkapan serta jumlah total dan jumlah perjenis hasil tangkapan dan menerangkan kategori hasil tangkapan utama, sampingan dan buangan dalam satuan persentase jumlah induvidu dan berat di perairan Juata Laut kota Tarakan. Metode penelitian deskriptif kuantitaf selama Juli– September 2022, dengan purposive sampling selama 12 kali sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pada pengoperasian alat tangkap pukat hela di perairan Juata Laut kota Tarakan terdapat nomei, gulamah, buntal bintik, buntal putih hijau, sebelah, peperek, bawal putih, hiu tokek, hiu mini, layur, puput, ikan ose, manyung/otek, cumi-cumi, sottong, kepiting bakau, mantis, udang ube, udang Apiapi, udang Belang, lobster, udang rebon, ekor kuning, biji angka, bulu ayam, udang dogol, ubur-ubur. Komposisi hasil tangkapan yang dominan adalah tangkapan utama (main catch) sebesar 154.87 kg (63.56%), tangkapan sampingan (bycatch) sebesar 57.92 kg (23.77%) dan hasil tangkapan buangan (discard) sebesar 30.86 kg (12.67%), dengan total keseluruhan hasil tangkapan adalah 243.65 kg selama periode 12 kali sampling.
Kata kunci: Tangkapan Utama, Tangkapan Sampingan, Tangkapan Buangan, Komposisi Tangkapan, Pukat Mini trawl

Mini trawl in Juata Laut waters, Tarakan City, is an active fishing gear, measuring 15 meters long and 25 meters wide, using 2 units of engine of engine with a fishing vessel measuring 4 Gt. The setting time was minutes, towing time was done for 6 hours, and hauling time was carried out for 40 minutes, This study aimed to describe the morphological characteristics of catch and the persentage of the total number and the number of types of catch, then to explain the categories of main catch, bycatch and discard in a persetage of an induvidual fish and weight in Juata Laut waters of Tarakan City. Quantitative desribptive recearch method was carried out from July to September 2022, with 12 sampling times by using purposive sampling. Tthe results showed that during the operation of the mini trawl in Juata Laut waters, Tarakan city, there werw nomei, gulamah, spotted puffer fish, green spotted pufferfish, flatfish, peperek, (Leiognathus equulus), white pomfret, zebra shark, mini shark, beltfish, puput (llisha elongata), daggertooth pike conger fish, roughback sea catfish, squid, cuttlefish, mud crab, mantis shrimp, prawns (Metapenaeus tenuipes), fire shrimp (Mefnpeizneus moizoceros Pabr), striped prawn, lobsters, rebon shrimp, yellow tail fish, goatfish, bulu ayam fish (Coilia dussumieri), greasyback shrimp, jellyfish. The dominant catch composition was the main catch totaling 154.87 kg (63.56%), bycatch with a total of 57.92 kg (23.77%), and discard of 30.86 kg (12.67%), and total of the catch was 243.65 kg during the 12 sampling times. Keywords: Main Catch, Bycatch, Discard, Catch Composition, Mini trawl