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VOLUME I NO. 1/DEC 2017 Talkinge-newsletter SEA KALEIDOSCOPE 2017 USAID SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS ADVANCED PROJECT ( USAID SEA ) Director’s Message VOLUME I / DEC 2017 he USAID Sustainable Ecosystems IN THIS ISSUE Advanced (USAID-SEA) Project T has been up and running since mid-2016 and now the SEA Team 02 and I are very pleased to launch DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE the first edition of our “Talking SEA” newsletter for all interested readers. The USAID SEA Project 03 aims to support the sustainable FEATURE use and management of fisheries • Perception Survey and other marine resources in Indonesia over the 5 year duration of • Socio-economic Assessment the Project and beyond. I want to emphasize that our overall mission in the USAID SEA 08 Project is to build capacity of all government and non-government STORIES entities that have a significant role in supporting and ensuring that FROM THE FIELD Indonesian fisheries and its marine areas are under wise stewardship • The story of King and management with benefits accruing to local stakeholders. This of Buano Island is not a small undertaking and is why the USAID SEA Project focuses Meet Our Enumerator • on only the 3 Provinces of Maluku, North Maluku and West Papua, in eastern Indonesia. 10 Our success in the USAID SEA Project depends on collaboration, WHAT’S ON coordination and being very strategic in the activities we undertake Fair Trade Initiative in close consultation with our counterparts from the national “Pejuang Laut” Launch Ministry of Marine Affaires and Fisheries (MMAF), to the smallest village that our Project teams work with. 12 DO YOU KNOW Given that collaboration and partnership are essential to our Fun facts on Maluku, success, I encourage you to review the partner section of this North Maluku, newsletter to see the impressive list of 13 organizations that are and West Papua part of the USAID SEA Project. All of our partners work in various capacities with the 3 provinces to build capacity and to help catalyze fisheries management actions and improved marine 13 conservation. The range of activities conducted by our core PARTNERS staff working together with our partners ranges from baseline assessments and perception surveys that assist to design the most appropriate field interventions to policy refinement for fisheries and 14 MPA management, facilitation of marine spatial planning policy and EDITOR’S CHOICE decisions to community-based facilitation to enhance improved PHOTOGRAPHY marine protected area management and the development of sustainable tourism among others. My main message in our flagship USAID SEA “Talking SEA” readers VOLUME I NO. 1/DEC 2017 is to make use of it. Don’t be afraid to send us letters, contribute Talking SEA short articles, make comments, and point us in the direction of e-newsletter ideas for the USAID SEA Project or inputs to 2018 publications. We welcome your participation and see you in 2018. Read and enjoy! USAID SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS ADVANCED PROJECT ( USAID SEA ) Alan White, Ph.D. PHOTO COVER by Chief of Party USAID SEA/Marthen Welly USAID-SEA Project Talking SEA 2 Vol. 1/DEC 2017 FEATURE Perception Survey Majority of respondents work as fishermen THEY MOSTLY and civil servants who have high dependency PERCEIVE THAT THE to the marine sectors for their livelihoods. CURRENT MARINE AND COASTAL TC’s recent Perception survey provides results and analysis of RESOURCES TO BE USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (USAID SEA) Project C Perception Survey of Marine Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries IN GENERALLY GOOD Management. The survey gauges the level of knowledge and perception CONDITION, BUT of 414 surveyed local communities within the USAID SEA Project THEY ARE NOT SURE targeted areas regarding marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management and to provide data that will support the implementation of ABOUT ITS FUTURE. the overall USAID SEA Project Communications Strategy. INTERESTING FINDINGS ARE FOLLOWS: The top two respondents’ livelihood Three most preferable People’s choice 1 are fishers & civil servants. 4 media channels 6 of meeting places are TV, newspapers, for outreaching A positive general perception and social media is community 2of respondents (fishers and particularly Facebook. hall followed by local government apparatus) The respondents’ traditional market, demonstrating that they are media consumption and places of not in the position of resisting habit has been religious worship conservation efforts. The aspects portrayed through (mosque/church). include a) not consuming protected frequent use of these fish; b) fish supply is believed to be media. Lastly, majority refer adequate; c) general perception 7to exhibitions and about MPA is favorable; d) marine Media communication religious events to be and coastal areas are in good 5 preferable format the most interesting condition but need to be preserved. are to be easy to outreach followed digest; video format or by movie screening, Community anchors to be most motion pictures; static music concert and 3trusted are those such as local DKP visuals (printed) and traditional event. officers (Fishing Extension Officers). short text format. PERCEPTION ON PAST AVAILABILITY OF PERCEPTION OF FUTURE AVAILABILITY FISH FOOD SUPPLY (IN PERCENTAGE) OF FISH FOOD SUPPLY (IN PERCENTAGE) 60% 60% 50% 50% 40% 40% 30% 30% 20% 20% 10% 10% 0% 0% Maluku North Maluku West Papua Maluku North Maluku West Papua Better Same Worse Don’t Know Talking SEA 3 Vol. 1/DEC 2017 FEATURE SOCIO-ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: EXCURSION TO MPA AND FISHERY SITES, WHAT DO WE LEARN? Scoping and baseline North Maluku ocated at 0°47’N 127°22’E coordinates, USAID SEA is working surveys in the 14 Marine in this province’s three existing MPAs Guraici, Mare, and Mare Protected Areas (MPAs) L islands. Two new MPAs explored are Morotai and Sula. and fishery sites in 2017 First we look at Sula MPA around Lifamatola Island that hosts presented an interesting pocket beaches for turtle nesting. The Manta Tow survey observed mosaic of information, dolphins, whales (likely a migratory path), white and black tip sharks, bumphead parrotfish, and an abundance of Green and Hawksbill and helped identify the turtles with both multiple major nesting sites. Ninety percent of way toward creating site the coastal livelihoods rely on fisheries through the activities of about 700 fishers targeting tuna, and mackerel where they also still profiles and management preserve “sasi”, the local wisdom for resource management. Sula plans. also has the only mining in North Maluku for gold, coal and limestone In looking at the three and they are near the proposed MPA. Sula potential attractions include land-based nature tourism (hiking, exotic birds), beaches, FMA 715 provinces starting hot springs, as well as turtle grazing sites and nesting beaches and with North Maluku, then cultural heritage. The proposed new MPA would be almost 123,000 Maluku and the farthest ha and contains much coral reef and mangrove habitat. east, West Papua, to get From Sula we go to Widi MPA which is a Small Island Reserve of 99 to know the sea project small islands with white sandy beaches and coral reefs. Visitor sites of interest in Widi include the traditional burial ground of the locals, field sites. a great cave, waterfalls and a small lake. The MPA is almost 7,700 ha and fully encircles the island. Talking SEA 4 Vol. 1/DEC 2017 FEATURE Across the island of Widi is Guraici island MPA where we can see an archipelago with white sand, crystal clear seas, and healthy reefs and marine life. Most people are farmers, students and home-makers, with only 2.5% of the population being fishers. This place has recreational fishing, snorkeling and scuba diving around the islands. The existing MPA is approximately 32,100 ha and encircles the island cluster. Next stop Mare Island MPA is a coastal reserve for dolphins. Villagers are primarily farmers of nutmeg, cloves and copra, as well as fishing. There is a center of traditional pottery in Maregam village by local women. One community fishes sustainably in local waters with pole and line while the other village uses hookah and nets. The island has a hi-tech wifi tower on site, has four historical forts and trails for hiking on the mountain, a prime viewing location USAID SEA/Marthen Welly for astronomic eclipses. Morotai, almost in the north tip of In general, MPAs in North Maluku are still at the initiation North Maluku, features an MPA that phase (red level) and have not yet implemented includes two diving sites of Mitita management activities, although two MPAs have early draft and Wayabula. Morotai itself has a management and zoning plans. None have staff and there cluster of 33 islands and the district is little infrastructure, and no budget allocations yet. In is privileged to be nominated by the addition, the transfer of authority from districts to provincial Indonesian National Government as governments (Law No. 23/2014) is still underway. one of 10 sites for a priority tourism destination due to its nature-based North Maluku’s fishery issues include vessel registration and and ecotourism potential. Species logbook development along with the need to monitor Fish in the region are dolphins, a small Aggregating Devices (FAD) and no viable harvest strategy. dugong population, whales (likely a Through partnership with AP2HI and MDPI, USAID SEA migratory path), resident white and Project will assist the initiative to refine logbook use with black tip sharks tolerant of scuba benefits to local small-scale fishers and fisheries diving visitors, and leatherback management. Specifically, MDPI will work on Fair Trade turtles. Morotai has a decent airport development for a targeted tuna fishery. and sites of historic World War II. The district is home for 160 high Another important issue in North Maluku is the illegal catch value fish species and about 213 of Endangered Threatened and Protected Species (ETP) fishers depend on snapper and that include sharks, turtles, manta rays, dolphins, napoleon grouper fishing.