Fisheries Co-Management Archives

June 3, 2024

Regional Fisheries Co-Management Committee VI: Indonesia Boosts Blue Economy Collaboration

DENPASAR, May 30, 2024 – The Indonesian government, along with fishers, industry leaders, and fisheries experts, gathered to boost collaboration on sustainable tuna management and responding against removal of subsidies in the fisheries sector as urged by the World Trade Organization (WTO). In February 2024, the WTO directed measures to end overfishing, which threatens fish…

May 2, 2024

Coalition calls for regional harvest strategy to sustain yellowfin tuna in Western Central Pacific Ocean

2 May 2024, Bali – On World Tuna Day, fisheries scientists and policy-makers of Indonesia, the Philippines and Viet Nam urged for a stronger collective vision and regional strategy to secure yellowfin tuna fisheries in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). Gathering at a fourth dialogue since 2022, the delegates expressed a rising urgency for…

March 31, 2023

Supporting fishers’ households’ livelihoods: training women to process fish

by Siti Zulaeha and Prisillia Morley Loijens In Indonesia, a gathering of women’s groups is often delightfully boisterous and exciting. That is how we can describe the atmosphere when the members of Mama Tuna Mandiri gather and work. Mama Tuna Mandiri is a women-led fisheries processing and marketing association based in Bone, South Sulawesi. The…

Foto bersama pemangku kepentingan pada Pertemuan Regional KPBP Keempat.

March 20, 2023

Fisheries Co-Management Committee: Small-scale fisheries on the big stage

by A. Riza Baroqi, Bachori Dhian Pratama, dan Karel Yerusa As three key national commodities, tuna, skipjack, and neritic tuna (TCT) fisheries play a vital role in the Indonesian economy. However, these fisheries still face many challenges related to fisheries resource utilization and in achieving sustainable management. To address this issue, MDPI established a multi-stakeholder…

February 19, 2023

MDPI and the Provincial Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Gorontalo Initiate Multi-species Fisheries Co-Management Committee

by Karel Yerusa dan A. Riza Baroqi Gorontalo is one of the busiest provinces in terms of fish landing from one of the locations involved in the Harvest Strategy, the FMA 715. Data from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries recorded that Gorontalo’s marine fish catch exceeded 100,267 tons in 2021. In addition, 25,455…