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The fishing gear used by the majority of fishermen on Madasari Beach, Pangandaran Regency, Indonesia is the krendet as known as fishing traps. Krendet is a passive fishing gear and is classified as trap net a selective because the lobster caught is legal size of lobster, which is above 200 grams. Krendet has a construction of a frame, net, bait line, towing line and ballast. One of the commodities is lobster (Panulirus sp.). Lobster catching permits have been regulated in the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Regulation No. 17 of 2021, its stated regarding permitted lobster catching with carapace lengths above 6 cm or weight above 150 grams per head for sand lobster (Panulirus homarus). This study aims to determine the construction of the fishing gear krendet used by the fishermen of Madasari Beach, Pangandaran Regency. Based on observations that the webbing is made of PA monofilament with 3.5 inches mesh size. The Frame is made of iron in the form of a circle with a diameter of ±60 cm. The ballast used was made of stone with a weight of ±1.5 kg. The traps (krendet) also consist towing rope and a float rope. The tow rope is made of monofilament with a size of 3-4 mm diameters and a length of 15-30 m, while the float rope is made of polyethylene (PE) with a size of 1.5 mm and a length of about ±60 cm.