Abstract:
The problem of ma,ine fisheries development in Indonesia, among othem is that fishing capture is
dominated .1y small scale ships (small scale fishernien) which are charactericzed with low input of technology
and low productivity. To empower them, the provision of intgrated information on marine resources and its
utiLization is considered to he important. This paper will describe the effort in construction of marine
resource database in Riau Province and its potential uses to empower small scale-fishermen as well as to
improve marine resource management. The database covers information on characteristics of marine fish
species, available technologies for fishing capture, fithing gound, statistics of catching efforts and yields, and
statistics offish production. The potential uses of the database will include guidlines for fishermen to
determine the appropriate fishing ground and season as well as the appropriate technology to be used, also
the guidelines for marine authority to determine Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) of certain fishing
ground and its consequences in policy making Considering the limited access offishermen to inforrnation
technolqgies, a realistic mechanism of information dissemination will be discussed.
