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Kaledupa fisheries project - progress to date
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| 1 May 2008
The first Annual
Report for the Darwin Initiative funded Kaledupa sustainable
reef fishery has been published with details of progress on all
aspects of the project including development of potential
alternative income streams from carrageenan extraction, aquaculture
and ecotourism as well as links to an analysis of the fisheries
catch data and the coral reef transect monitoring from 2002 -
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| 19th November 2007
June 2007 four Kaledupa staff and project co-ordinator were
selected (see Indonesian
Project staff). A traditional house was rented as an
office and supplied with a generator, 24V computer battery system
office equipment and 2 laptop computers.
The Kaledupa staff started socialising details of the project
in the 9 project villages (Balasuna, Darawa, Kaswari/Peropa,
Langge, Laulua/Lewuto, Lentea, and Sombano) in June 2007, holding
village meetings and discussions with village heads. During
socialization staff discussed with fishermen the formation of
fishers' groups (Klompoks) in each village to democratically
represent the views of fishers and agar farmers. A census was then
conducted by the staff between July and August 2007, recording
details from 3501 dependents on fishing and Seaweed farming in the
9 villages which were stored in an Access Database (examples in English/Indonesian). |
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A fisheries monitoring training day was held in July 2007 for 24
Kaledupa fishers and personnel from the Wakatobi National Park,
Wakatobi Fisheries department, WWF/TNC and COREMAP. Trainees
received interactive lectures on fisheries theory, the status of
the local fisheries and monitoring in Indonesian and local
Kaledupan language (pdf
copy of the presentation may be found here). Practical lessons
on fisheries monitoring were given to small groups on the beach
(fishers learn 4), where staff acting as fishers ran through
scenarios with real catches and trainees practiced recording
catches. The fisheries monitoring handbook can be downloaded in English
and Indonesian. Fishers
were taught how to interview returning fishers,
weigh and measure catches and reference local fish names
against scientific names using an
identification book local. Details on how to set up Invertebrate
traders log books were also given. A Fisheries Monitoring manual
was produced
for the training and is available (above) to download in English and
Indonesian. Fisheries monitoring started on the 24th July 2007,
and between 24/7/07 and 26/9/07 346 reef fish catches were
surveyed and volumes of invertebrates sold from the 9 main
commercial traders on Kaledupa were recorded.
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Photograph by M3
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Photograph by M3 |
Details of the project were publicised through the WWF
Multi Media Machine (M3) based in Kendari, S.E. Sulawesi. In Late
June M3 sent 16 journalists to observe the process of the project,
interview fishers and talk to the project staff.
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Photograph by M3
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Photograph by M3 |
Beloro and Dr May were
interviewed in Kendari by 3 local Newspapers (Kendari post; Media Sutra;
and Kendari Express), 2 local radio stations (and relayed to 27 other
local stations) and a local TV station (Kendari TV). Currently articles
are being published in Readers Digest Indonesia and shown on a National
Indonesian TV channel.
Structures of a Kaledupa Fisheries Forum are now being discussed
between staff, the fishing community, village leaders and Island heads
to create a body capable of managing the fisheries by village level law
and formation of new regional legislation.
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