A Community-designed Fish Catch Recording System: Will it be sufficient to manage local fisheries?

Abstract

Although the government of Indonesia has been addressing the issue of unreported fisheries, its efforts have mostly been restricted to the industrial sector. In fact, 95% of the country’s fishers are categorized as... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Polita Glynn (The Pew Charitable Trusts)
  2. Raymond Jakub (Rare Indonesia)

Topic Areas

Topics: Fisheries, aquaculture, and the oceans , Topics: Culture and the marine environment , Topics: Participation in marine conservation science (e.g. citizen and indigenous science)

Session

S-111 » From small-scale to distant-water: Challenges and emerging opportunities for strengthening fisheries management in Asia (16:00 - Wednesday, 27th June, Kerangas)