Global Ecolabelling Certification Standards and ASEAN Fisheries: Can Fisheries Legislations in ASEAN Countries Support the Fisheries Certification?

Fisheries, particularly small-scale fisheries, in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are an important source of food security, nutrition, and livelihood for people. However, high fishing pressure and other impacts have resulted in a decline of fisheries resources, questioning the future sustainability of fisheries. Ecolabelling is a tool developed based on the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Guideline for Ecolabelling of Fish and Fisheries Products from Marine/Inland Fisheries. In the past decades, only a few fisheries in ASEAN countries have been certified. This study particularly focuses on the legal frameworks of these countries and reviews the existing national fisheries legislation, including laws, acts, decrees, directives, rules, and regulations in ASEAN countries in relation to the requirement of the fisheries certification standards. The review reveals that although the legal frameworks in ASEAN member states generally provide a fair basis for their fisheries to meet the requirement of the fisheries certification standards, further improvements are required to incorporate the concept of adaptive management, precautionary approaches, and reference points on fishery management objectives. Monitoring, control, and surveillance of fisheries and other enforcement activities for fisheries legislations are other challenges to ensure sustainability of fisheries through fisheries certification.

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BIO-EXPLOITATION STATUS OF BOMBAY DUCK (Harpadon nehereus HAMILTON, 1822) ON TRAWL FISHERY IN TARAKAN WATERS

Indonesian Fisheries Research Journal ◽

10.15578/ifrj.21.1.2015.53-59 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Duto Nugroho ◽

Ria Faizah ◽

Andhika P. Prasetyo ◽

M. Badrudin

Keyword(s):

Fishery Management ◽

Management Plan ◽

Reference Points ◽

Fishing Ground ◽

Individual Species ◽

Small Scale ◽

Base Line ◽

Boundary Area ◽

Bombay Duck ◽

Harpadon Nehereus

North Kalimantan Province, notably Tarakan City marine waters, is one of the important fishing ground in boundary area among Sulu Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion. It produces approximately 100 mt/annum of Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus) with valued of US$ 750,000. The sustainability of this fishery is a crucially concern given the following: substantial economic contribution, significant dependence of small-scale fishers on this species for their livelihoods. The fishing intensities considerable and growing threats to their habitats. To evaluate the vulnerability of individual species to over exploitation, the spawning potential ratio (SPR) approach applied to describe the status of its existing fisheries. This approach provides the ability to determine fishing mortality as reference points to enhance its sustainability. The objective of this study is to understand this fish biomass resilience to harvesting. The calculated SPR based on the value of estimated length of first capture or Lc at 208 mm is equivalent to the SPR of 28%. With a base line of stocks are generally thought to risk recruitment declining when SPR <20%, recent finding indicated that the existing fishery can be generally described as nearly fully exploited. In recognition of this sector’s has an ecological importance and socio-economic significance, the sustainable development of Bombay duck fisheries should be initiated through developing local fishery committee to provide a their local fishery management plan.

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KAJIAN PENANGGULANGAN IUUF PADA PERIKANAN CANTRANG DI LAUT JAWA (WPP – 712)

Jurnal Kebijakan Perikanan Indonesia ◽

10.15578/jkpi.6.2.2014.55-64 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Duto Nugroho ◽

Suherman Banon Atmaja

Keyword(s):

Fishery Management ◽

Demersal Fish ◽

Reference Points ◽

Fish Stock ◽

Small Scale ◽

Fish Resources ◽

Iuu Fishing ◽

Data Collecting ◽

Java Sea ◽

Collecting System

Kajian terhadap perikanan cantrang yang beroperasi di Laut Jawa dengan menggunakan perangkat pengelolaan cenderung dikategorikan sebagai perikanan akses terbuka. Penambahan armada secara historis memperlihatkan rendahnya pertimbangan terhadap pentingnya kelestarian sumber daya ikan, bebas beroperasi dan dalam banyak kasus tidak dikelola sesuai tatalaksana perikanan secara bertanggung jawab. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebagian besar armada cantrang dengan izin daerah melakukan penangkapan di luar batas 12 mil laut dan beroperasi di kawasan yang berdasarkan ketentuan diperuntukan bagi nelayan skala kecil yang bukan merupakan wewenang pemberi ijin armada cantrang dari panyai Utara Jawa. Studi kasus dilakukan di Pelabuhan Perikanan Tegal, ditujukan untuk menggambarkan sistem pendataan aktivitas penangkapan yang sedang berjalan. Hal ini berkaitan dengan sistem pencatatan data dan informasi perikanan setempat memiliki kemampuan dan kapasitas terbatas terutama pada sistem pemantauan, pengendalian dan pengawasan untuk melaksanakan pengelolaan perikanan berdasarkan prinsip tata laksana pemanfaatan secara berkelanjutan sesuai peraturan dan keputusan teknis. Terbatasnya pemahaman tentang dampak praktek perikanan tidak berkelanjutan, baik pada tingkat pelaku dan pembuat kebijakan merupakan permasalahan yang harus segera dipecahkan. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa sistem yang berjalan hanya mampu merekam data kurang dari sepertiganya dan penerapan perikanan secara bertanggung jawab pada perikanan cantrang memberikan indikasi pada tingkat yang mengkhawatirkan terutama berdasarkan pertimbangan biologi, eksploitasi dan kelestarian lingkungan, serta memiliki potensi terjadinya unreported yang mengarah pada praktek IUU fishing. Temuan ini diharapkan dapat memperkuat tersedianya landasan pengelolaan perikanan terkait pemulihan sumberdaya ikan demersal bagi kepentingan pengembangan perikanan dalam jangka panjang di Laut Jawa. Study on demersal danish seine fishery operating in the Java Sea tend to be categorized as an open access fishery. The historical fleet development indicate no limited access to exploit demersal fish resources, which is in many cases the fishery are not well managed in a responsible manner. Study indicates that most of license to fish of demersal danish seine operate in areas outside 12 nm, somehow fleets operated in the area for small-scale fishers in the nearby coastal area beyond the origin of license authority. The objective is to describe the existing data collecting system. This corresponds to the limitation of capacity of the catch in one of fishing port. The data collecting system of local fisheries services has a limited capacity, particularly in monitoring, control and surveillance to implement best practices of fisheries management that declared through several technical reference points. Increasing awareness by complying with management measures of business sectors and policy makers must be immediately resolved. This study indicates current system covered less than a third of its landing data and it would affect the implementation of responsible fisheries based on bio-exploitation and environmental sustainability indicators on demersal fishery. It also has a potential on unreported that lead to IUU fishing practices. This should considered that bias of data could affect the accuracy of regular fish stock assessment. This finding should be treated to strengthen the long-term demersal danish seine fishery management plan as a baseline of sustainable demersal fish resources in the Java Sea.

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KONSEPTUALISASI PENGELOLAAN PERIKANAN LAUT SKALA KECIL BERBASIS LOKASI PKN (Peningkatan Kehidupan Nelayan) (Study Kasus: Wilayah Kecamatan PKN Kabupaten Nagan Raya)

JURNAL PERIKANAN TROPIS ◽

10.35308/jpt.v3i2.45 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Farah Diana ◽

Muhammad Rizal

Keyword(s):

Fishery Management ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Primary Data ◽

Fishing Ground ◽

Small Scale ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Dominant Type ◽

Small Scale Fisheries ◽

Fisheries Resources

Capture fisheries are very important economic activity and have contributed greatly to the total fishery production in general in the District Naganraya. Fishery system that occurs dominated by small-scale fisheries. Fishermen in Naganraya district has a high dependence on fisheries resources as the main source of livelihood and almost all coastal areas based fisheries activities. Small-scale fisheries businesses have an impact on the fishing fleet and fishing locations (fishing ground) resulting in range of fishing operations is limited. The purpose of this research is 1). Analyzing small-scale capture fisheries system in locations PKN Naganraya district, 2). Formulate an alternative strategy in the management of small-scale fishing locations PKN Naganraya district. Data to be collected in this study consisted of primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected intensively using semi-structured interviews (semi-structured interview) to small-scale fishermen, observation and documentation in selected locations. The results showed that the dominant type of fishing gear is trawl catches beach and species that dominate the catch is Sardinella lemuru and Selar spp. Fish marketing patterns in locations peningkapan fishing activities (PKN) is not through the auction only through traders / large and are twelve strategic through internal and external environmental factors were dominant influence on the pattern of the conceptualization of small-scale fishery management in PKN location Nagan Raya.

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INTERVENSI NEGARA KETIGA DAN PERAN INDONESIA BERSAMA ASEAN PADA PENYELESAIAN ISU LAUT CINA SELATAN (LCS)

Jurnal Dinamika Global ◽

10.36859/jdg.v4i02.136 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (02) ◽

pp. 329-346

Author(s):

Muhammad Danang Prawira Hutama

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South China Sea ◽

Code Of Conduct ◽

The United States ◽

Asean Member ◽

Brunei Darussalam ◽

The Us ◽

Asean Countries ◽

Sovereign Territory ◽

Over Time

This paper discusses the development of the issue of the South China Sea (SCS), which until now it is still unclear the direction of its resolution, and over time finally got intervention from a third country, such as the United States (US) through Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS). This is certainly received strong opposition from China that the US action has violated the SCS boundary which is claimed as China's sovereign territory. Indonesia as an ASEAN member country together with other ASEAN countries that claim SCS (Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam) is also working to resolve the SCS problem which is still in the process of discussion and signing of the draft SCS Code of Conduct (CoC) with China.

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FAKTOR FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PRODUK DOMESTIK BRUTO NEGARA-NEGARA ASEAN PERIODE 2005-2014

Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis ◽

10.24123/jeb.v22i1.1643 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 23-29

Author(s):

Leorista Milliardo

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Analytical Tool ◽

Panel Regression ◽

Estimation Model ◽

Process Data ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Asean Member ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

Asean Countries

This study was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors affecting economic growth in ASEAN member countries during the period of 2005 - 2014, with the countries sampled in this study were six countries namely Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The method of analysis used is the method of Data Panel Regression and Fixed Efect estimation model by using analytical tool to help process data is Eviews 7 program. While data used is panel data from eight ASEAN countries covering 10 year periods. The result of analysis shows that the acceptance of International Tourism Sector and Foreign Direct Investment has positive and significantinfluenceto the economic growth in eight ASEAN countries while the Labor Force is inconclusive. The study also found that Export of Goods and Services had a negative and significanteffect on economic growth.

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Fishing catch shares in the face of global change: a framework for integrating cumulative impacts and single species management

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f10-118 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 67 (12) ◽

pp. 1968-1982 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Isaac C. Kaplan ◽

Phillip S. Levin ◽

Merrick Burden ◽

Elizabeth A. Fulton

Keyword(s):

Global Change ◽

Ocean Acidification ◽

Fishery Management ◽

Single Species ◽

Ecosystem Model ◽

Careful Consideration ◽

Reference Points ◽

Cumulative Impacts ◽

English Sole ◽

Modeling Tools

Any fishery management scheme, such as individual fishing quotas (IFQs) or marine protected areas, should be designed to be robust to potential shifts in the biophysical system. Here we couple possible catch scenarios under an IFQ scheme with ocean acidification impacts on shelled benthos and plankton, using an Atlantis ecosystem model for the US West Coast. IFQ harvest scenarios alone, in most cases, did not have strong impacts on the food web, beyond the direct effects on harvested species. However, when we added the impacts of ocean acidification, the abundance of commercially important groundfish such as English sole ( Pleuronectes vetulus ), arrowtooth flounder ( Atheresthes stomias ), and yellowtail rockfish ( Sebastes flavidus ) declined up to 20%–80%, owing to the loss of shelled prey items from their diet. English sole exhibited a 10-fold decline in potential catch and economic yield when confronted with strong acidification impacts on shelled benthos. Therefore, it seems prudent to complement IFQs with careful consideration of potential global change effects such as acidification. Our analysis provides an example of how new ecosystem modeling tools that evaluate cumulative impacts can be integrated with established management reference points and decision mechanisms.

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ASEAN Aggrement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. Effective ?

Jurnal Hubungan Internasional ◽

10.20473/jhi.v14i1.19847 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Ligar Yogaswara ◽

Ligar Yogaswara

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Environmental Problems ◽

Asean Member ◽

Haze Pollution ◽

Asean Countries

This paper analyzes how ASEAN can deal with the haze problem caused by its member countries and then cross their borders so that it becomes a common focus in ASEAN countries. Then ASEAN made an agreement for its member countries with the aim of overcoming the haze problem which was referred to in the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. Based on the question of the effectiveness of the agreement, the authors assume that the agreement is considered ineffective in solving the haze problem in the Southeast Asia Region. The reason for this is considered to be due to a set of norms adopted by ASEAN member countries in the ASEAN Way. These norms then make member countries solve problems by adhering to the principles of the ASEAN Way including non-intervention, consensus and so on. Responding to problems in developing countries in ASEAN which tend to prioritize their economy, making environmental problems such as smog tend to be sidelined. Therefore, this paper will explain more about the effectiveness of the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution in particular to address the haze problem in ASEAN member countries based on the ASEAN way.

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AZOV SEA VIMBA INDICATOR ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF FISH POPULATION IN TERMS OF LACK OF BIOLOGICAL DATA BY LBI MODEL

Fisheries ◽

10.37663/0131-6184-2021-3-68-75 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (3) ◽

pp. 68-75

Author(s):

Inna Kozobrod ◽

M. Pyatinsky ◽

Elena Vlasenko

Keyword(s):

Stock Assessment ◽

Fish Population ◽

Maximum Sustainable Yield ◽

Biological Data ◽

Reference Points ◽

Population Characteristics ◽

Small Scale ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Indicator Method ◽

Yield Level

Stock assessment of vimba population Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758) in period 2015–2020 was performed by qualitative indicator method LBI (Length-Based Indicators) that allows to assess qualitative characteristics of the population and fisheries and MSY biological reference points. The indicator, qualitative approach to stock assessment was applied due to absence vimba population of stable stock-recruitment relationship (due to artificial reproduction exist), which makes impossible to apply surplus production approach to solve production equation dB/dt. LBI model was performed based on available length-weight vimba frequencies dynamics information, which allows to evaluate qualitative population characteristics and fisheries impact. Model results shows no overexploitation signals: in period 2015–2020 fisheries are carried out in maximum sustainable yield level. Indicator results according to reference points indicate no significant signals of reduction optimal length class (Lopt), small-size or large-size class. In 2016 and 2018 uncertain overexploitation of small-scale classes leads to no significant changes was underlined. In terms of biological and fisheries data lacking, LBI methods allow to perform stock assessment procedure more stable and robust then surplus or cohort approach, and output scientific advice to fisheries management.

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Sustainability reference systems and indicators for responsible marine capture fisheries: a review of concepts and elements for a set of guidelines

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf99092 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 51 (5) ◽

pp. 385 ◽

Cited By ~ 103

Author(s):

S. M. Garcia ◽

D. J. Staples

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Code Of Conduct ◽

Reference Points ◽

Visual Methods ◽

Reference Systems ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Sustainability Concept ◽

Different Dimensions

This review was prepared as a background document for the Consultation on Sustainable Indicators for Capture Fisheries held in Sydney, Australia, 18–22 January 1998. It aims to facilitate the development and implementation of indicators and to serve as a basis for the development of part of the series of Technical Guidelines in Support of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The paper reviews the concept of sustainable development (‘sustainability’). Five sustainability frameworks are suggested for developing and grouping indicators. A discussion of the criteria that could be used to measure and monitor progress towards sustainability includes the types of possible indicators, their use within the sustainability concept, use of reference points on which to compare indicators and their relation to planning and management. Sustainable Development Reference Systems are introduced as a tool for grouping indicators and representing the interrelationships among them. Visual methods of portraying the human and environmental dimensions of sustainability and their indicators can be broadened to permit temporal and spatial comparisons. These, combined with systems to scale the different dimensions to reflect different societal values of their importance, can assist policy makers, fisheries managers, industries, non-governmental organizations and the general public in understanding and assessing progress towards sustainable development of capture fisheries.

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WHY SHALL WE CONSIDER THE GENDER IMPLICATIONS OF BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT? THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

New Medit ◽

10.30682/nm1903n ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 109-111

Author(s):

Ilaria Sisto ◽

Maurizio Furst

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

World Bank ◽

Rural Women ◽

Mediterranean Region ◽

Food Systems ◽

Wild Plants ◽

Director General ◽

Small Scale ◽

Food And Agriculture ◽

The Mediterranean

Women as farmers, livestock keepers, fishers and forest dwellers play vital – often overlooked – roles in natural resources use and management in the Mediterranean region. Women’s exclusion from decision making bodies and unequal access to productive resources represent a missed opportunity in terms of sustainable management of available resources and economic development. Recent studies indicate that if men and women equally participate in the labour market, in the southern Mediterranean region the GDP could rise by 47% over the next decade, meaning an annual benefit from an economic impact of €490 billion (Woetzel et al., 2015). The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, at the fourth Regional conference on women’s empowerment in the Euro-Mediterranean region stressed that rural women’s contributions and leadership is crucial to feed the Mediterranean region’s growing population and achieve sustainable food production: «By enabling rural women to reach their full potential, we can make food systems more inclusive, efficient and effective» (FAO 2018). In the region women sustain such food systems by gathering wild plants for food, medicinal use, fuelwood and other purposes, acting as herbalists, tending home gardens, selecting, managing and storing seeds, managing crops, trees and small livestock, domesticating plants, participating in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, and storing, preserving and processing foods after harvesting. They have a unique knowledge about local biodiversity, which is often passed from generation to generation (FAO, 2019; World Bank, FAO and IFAD, 2009). Nevertheless, still too often women have less access than men to land and livestock, production inputs and services such as education, extension and credit, and are not represented in decision-making processes related to food and agriculture (Lehel 2018; World Bank, FAO and IFAD, 2009).

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