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 - 2007. |
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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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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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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.
