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Technical plan for marine protected areas to support fisheries management in Fisheries Management Area 714

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Jakarta, Indonesia ;

Pages 4p.

Author Wiryawan, B.; Muttaqin, E.; Hakim, A.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Policy brief

Synopsis (short abstract) Fisheries Management Area (FMA) 714 covers the Tolo Bay and Banda Sea waters and five provinces, which are East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Maluku, and North Maluku. The utilization rate of fish resources in FMA 714 has reached fully exploited for five groups of fish resources and over-exploited for four other groups of fishes. As of 2022, FMA 714 encompasses a minimum of 44 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) with varying types and management statuses, with the total area covered by the MPAs in FMA 714 approximately 7 135 383.57 hectares. The conservation targets in the designated MPAs of FMA 714 include the protection of critical ecosystem and several specific fish species. In addition, FMA 714 is also home to spawning grounds and breeding grounds for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and is reserved as a limited fishing zone. The establishment of a conservation area has yet to show its contribution to supporting sustainable fisheries management. This is mainly due to the lack of effective management of the conservation areas in FMA 714. Several issues were identified, for example: the protection of important fish resource habitats in FMA 714 is not yet optimal because most of the conservation areas are still in reserved stage; the decline of fish stock in FMA 714, such as scads, snapper and squid, likely links to the inoptimal implementation of the closure system in FMA 714 and should be reinforced with additional management measures such as enhanced surveillance and law enforcement, stricter permit regulations, and regular monitoring and evaluation. Unsustainable fishing practices still exist in FMA 714 and there are no technical arrangements (input control and output control) at the fishing zone in the conservation area. Moreover, the Conservation Area (MPA) Network is not yet operational and the protection of yellowfin tuna spawning grounds in FMA 714 has not been effectively monitored. The policy brief offers some recommendations to address the above issues.

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Wiryawan, B., Muttaqin, E. & Hakim, A. 2024. Technical plan for marine protected areas to support fisheries management in Fisheries Management Area 714. Jakarta, FAO.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9280en

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