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One of the local wisdoms at Kadhia Liya indigenous people in Wakatobi district is a traditional conservation of Boronang fish management. They know the baw laying season which occurs around the Sempo Bridge in Liya Mawi village. Through their local wisdom, they can protect the lalo-a season or through the fish stocks in the Wakatobi community. This research was conducted using an ethnographic approach, so that data collection and processing is carried out with ethnographic principles. Data collection was carried out to understand how the perspective of the local community in seeing the journey of the boronang passing through the customary territory of Kadhia Liya. The results of this study indicate that there is a fish management did by Liya people when fish migrating in the Sempo area. Liya people forbid fishing when fishes have not laid eggs yet. The Liya people know the date of each year and the natural signs when fishes have eggs so that they can protect boronang fish pass or come in their customary territory. As a result of this conservation concept, the Liya people have a lot of boronang fishes each year, because their area is a safe place for spawning boronang fish. They also give sanctions to the people who disrupt the laying period of boronang fish, and the Liya people will release boronang fish that still have eggs in their stomachs. They will wait until the fish have laid eggs before they can be caught.