Destructive fishing and fisheries enforcement in eastern Indonesia
2015; Inter-Research; Volume: 530; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3354/meps11352
ISSN1616-1599
Autores Tópico(s)Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
ResumoMEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 530:195-211 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11352 Destructive fishing and fisheries enforcement in eastern Indonesia M. Bailey1,2,*, U. R. Sumaila1 1Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada 2Present address: Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Life Sciences Centre, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada *Corresponding author: megan.bailey@dal.ca ABSTRACT: A simple bioeconomic leader-follower model was constructed to simulate snapper (family Lutjanidae) and grouper (family Serranidae) fisheries in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, an area of significant coral and fish biodiversity. We developed a leader-follower game, wherein the Regency government as the leader chooses an enforcement model to discourage illegal fishing. Fishers are then given a choice to fish using legal gears, such as handlines, or to fish with illegal gears, e.g. dynamite (for snapper) or cyanide (for grouper). Given prices and costs of legal and illegal fishing, the status quo simulations with no Regency enforcement result in a large amount of illegal catch throughout the 50 yr simulation, which agrees with expert opinion that destructive illegal fishing is occurring in the region. In an attempt to include ecosystem-based management principles into Raja Ampat governance, we introduce an enforcement regime in the form of detecting and punishing illegal fishing. Results suggest that current fishing practices do not account for the disproportionate ecosystem effects of destructive fishing, and that elimination of dynamite fishing may be easier for the government due to the high profitability of the live fish trade connected with cyanide fishing. KEY WORDS: Coral reef conservation · Ecosystem-based management · Leader-follower · Incentives · Live reef trade Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Bailey M, Sumaila UR (2015) Destructive fishing and fisheries enforcement in eastern Indonesia. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 530:195-211. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11352 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 530. Online publication date: June 18, 2015 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2015 Inter-Research.
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