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The coast in Central Bangka Regency is one area of conflict of interest between unconventional tin miners and traditional fishermen. The impact of tin mining, which causes damage to the coastal environmental processes, such as the sedimentation, is the cause of conflict, thus threatening the sustainability of fishery resources and traditional fishing. This research aims to determine the local wisdom of coastal communities in the conflict areas of unconventional tin mining in managing fishery resources and to analyse the strategies for managing potential conflicts of interest between traditional fishermen and unconventional tin miners. The data collection technique was purposive, based on indepth interviews with several informants who were considered competent, such as the chiefs of traditional fishing groups, village government, and community leaders. Data analysis was performed through emic and ethical approaches by cross-checking, summarizing, and synthesizing. The research results of the local wisdom of the community in managing fishery resources are the delineation of capture fisheries and tin mining areas using wooden sticks arranged in a row towards the sea for 1 km. The strategy for managing the potential conflict between traditional fishermen and unconventional tin miners is a compromise: compensation by unconventional tin miners to traditional fishermen.