Abstract. This study aims to know the fishermen! perception and participation and the govemment's role in fisheries resources conservation of Batungap swamp, Tapin Regenry. Field study was done in November 2015 to January 2016 using survey method. Data collected from questioneers were ordinal data measuring response levels, from very positive to very negative using Likert scale, Results showed that the fistrermen around Batungap swarnp area had sufficiently high perception (8O.9%) on the benefit ofthe aguatic environmental management since it was aware that fish catches be highly dependent upon good aquatic ecosystem conditions, and they had moderate level of participation (65.62%) because they were still using traditional and environmentally fiendly fishing gears. Nevertheless, control on the fishermen's padicipation was low since they thought that there were Controlling Community Groups (CCG). The government's role in the management of Batungap swamp area was also moderate (62.5Vo) because the respondents thought that it was good enough, but the socialization on regulations and boundary mark setting of the proteded area was still low so that the fishermen around and out of the area had low knowledge on the boundaries ofthe protected area. Key Words: governmentt role. survey, fish catch, traditional fishing gear, fisheries management.