A Study on Fishing and Fisheries Institutional of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwomus pelamis) for Sustainable Fisheries Management in West Aceh, Aceh Province

Abstract

The West Aceh water has great potency of skipjack tuna, however, without sustainable management, the fish might be decreased. A study aims to understand the fishing teqnique and institutional domain of skipjack tuna fishery resources in West Aceh and to arrange tactical decision in fishery management with ecosystem approach, a study was conducted from April to May 2015. The method used in this research is a qualitative research, with purposive sampling method. Data were analyzed using a flag modeling with the approach Multi-Criteria Analysis. Results shown that the fisheries condition in West Aceh region were categorized as fair in two domain of EAFM. Management formulated a tactical step on indicators that have are surveilance and law enforcement to fishing gear unfriendly, license of fishing gear unit, regulate mesh size of fishing gears appropriated Lm size, input controlling, Increasing of surveilance and law enforcement to fishing gear, Increasing of surveilance and law enforcement to document accordance, training of fishing crew, monitoring and surveilance to border violation, monitoring, and promoting fisheries management planning, enhancing communication and cooperation between intra government and enhancing stakeholder capacity.