Tegal is a regency in Central Java which has a sustainability fishery resources. There are abundant resource potential, one of which is Larangan waters. The fishing gear used for fishing activities are payang and purse seine. As time went on, various problems began to emerge, one of which was the catch which was erratic and decreasing catch. Technology for fishing which are easy to apply and of course can increase fishermen’s catches, namely portable FADs. The aim of this study was to compare composition, calculate productivity, and add up the income from catches with portable FADs and without portable FADs. Experimental fishing used in this research. The total fish caught in this study amounted to 11 species, namely barracuda, dorab wolf-herring, sin croaker, Indian mackerel, bigeye scad, fringescale sardinella, narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Indian anchovy, kawakawa, squid and shrimp, with a total weight of 18.231.2 kg in the catch. with portable FADs, and 16.743.9 kg in catches without portable FADs. The average productivity value for catching with portable FADs was 1.139,45 kg/trip, higher than the catch without FADs, which was 1.046,49 kg/trip. Fishermen’s income from selling catches with portable FADs is higher than selling catches without portable FADs.