This research was conducted on 15-31 October 2019 in Nipah Panjang 1 Kelurahan, Tanjung Jabung Timur Regency, Jambi Province. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of the use of ring shaped ballast with oval lead ballast on the gill surface fishing gear, so that it can find out which ballast is good to use by looking at the number of catches. The method used in this study is …