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Many problems faced by Indonesian fishermen pushed three students of the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) to create a latest technology. Through this technology called Massive, they present a fish finder with the ability to show conditions in waters in real time. Three of them are Muhammad Azimt, Dista Rizky Dwi Yanti, and Alfi Rahmawati. Through this innovation, they are trying to help optimize the catch of fish at sea while still prioritizing the safety of every fisherman when fishing.

Muhammad Azimt as the team leader revealed, the making of Massive was motivated by the problem of fishermen who never finished fishing in the Indonesian waters. According to the fishermen, the catch of the fish is uncertain, difficult to predict. This fishing tool is not like other expensive fish detection devices. The tool can be used by small fishermen because the price is affordable. So, the consumption of the local fish market can increase. He said, most of the current fish finders are still used limited to large ships and they are foreign-made. However, this tool is present as an alternative group of fishing communities. Although being alternative, the function of this fishing tool can be equally used to search for fish in deep sea.

This tool has two parts namely one placed on the ship and one placed at sea. Later, this tool detects the location of fish based on the speed of water and wind currents. So, the sensor data sent to fishermen will be relevant to the underwater situation. This tool is also equipped with several components such as anemometer to detect wind speed, sonar to detect the presence of fish, and radio frequency module (xbee) as a media for transferring data from sensors to monitors. Muhammad Azimt also stated that currently, the tool is being tried and studied again because it still needs improvement and evaluation in terms of packaging.