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Selection Criteria and Co-Management Guidelines for Harvest Reserves in Tropical River Fisheries Regional Reserves Survey Report UK Department for International Development Fisheries Management Science Programme Project R7043 Central Research Institute for Fisheries, Indonesia Provincial Fisheries Services, Indonesia MRAG Ltd, UK April 1998 Selection Criteria and Co-Management Guidelines for Harvest Reserves in Tropical River Fisheries Regional Reserves Survey Report Funding: UK Department for International Development (DFID) Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) Project R7043 Collaborators: Central Research Institute for Fisheries, Indonesia (CRIFI), Jalan K.S. Tubun, Petamburan VI, P.O. Box 6650, Slipi, Jakarta 11410 A, Indonesia Provincial Fisheries Services (Dinas Perikanan) South Sumatra Province, Jalan Kapten A. Rivai II, Palembang, South Sumatra Jambi Province, Jalan MT. Haryono No. 9, Jambi 36129, Jambi West Kalimantan Province, Jalan Sutan Syahir No. 16, Pontianak 78116 A, West Kalimantan MRAG Ltd, 47 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 2QA, UK Report Authors: Aeron-Thomas, M; Garaway, C; Hoggarth, DD; Koeshendrajana, S; Nasution, Z & Sarnita, A April 1998 Regional Reserves Survey Report Table of Contents page Executive Summary ...................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................. 4 Project Aim ....................................................... 4 Research Collaborators and Target Institutes ............................. 4 Project Activities ................................................... 4 Regional Reserve Survey Objectives .................................... 5 Regional Reserve Survey Field Study Sites ............................... 5 Regional Reserve Survey Research Team ............................... 5 Conceptual Framework for Floodplain Fisheries ................................. 7 Introduction ....................................................... 7 The floodplain fisheries system: a framework for analysis .................... 7 System interactions ................................................. 8 The influence of local system characteristics on outcomes ................... 8 Implications for floodplain fisheries management .......................... 9 Implications for the selection and management or reserves .................. 9 Regional Reserve Survey Methodology ...................................... 11 Introduction ...................................................... 11 Pre-fieldwork ..................................................... 11 Fieldwork ........................................................ 12 Post-fieldwork .................................................... 12 Institutional Arrangements for Indonesian Inland Capture Fisheries ................. 15 Introduction ...................................................... 15 Legal Framework for Policy Formation and Implementation ................. 15 Limitations of the top-down approach .................................. 16 Foundations for local control of fisheries ................................ 16 Institutional arrangements for application of project guidelines ............... 17 Summary of Field Investigations ............................................ 20 West Kalimantan .................................................. 20 Jambi ........................................................... 23 South Sumatra ................................................... 26 Reserve Categorisation System ............................................ 29 Introduction ...................................................... 29 Reserve Objectives and Definitions .................................... 29 Ecological Categories .............................................. 31 Management Institution Categories .................................... 32 Matrix of Main Categories of Harvest Reserves ........................... 35 Proposals for Monitoring Programmes and Data Analysis ........................ 39 Monitoring Programme Rationale ..................................... 39 Biological Assessment .............................................. 41 Institutional Analysis ............................................... 47 CRIFI / Dinas Perikanan / MRAG Regional Reserves Survey Report Page i Socio-economic Assessment ......................................... 47 Proposals for Dissemination / Training ....................................... 51 Introduction ...................................................... 51 Key Agencies Involved in Fisheries Development ......................... 51 Key Agency Participation in Project .................................... 52 Final Dissemination and Training Activities .............................. 52 Stakeholder Workshop Recommendations .................................... 53 Introduction ...................................................... 53 Workshop Participation ............................................. 53 Workshop Activities ................................................ 55 Workshop Recommendations ........................................ 56 References ............................................................ 59 Annex A: Glossary of Indonesian/English terms ............................ 61 Annex B: Field Itinerary and Workshop Participation ......................... 65 Annex C: Investigations at Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve, Kalbar Province .... 69 Danau Sentarum background ........................................ 69 Sekalot Village, Danau Sentarum ..................................... 72 Sambar Village, Danau Sentarum ..................................... 77 Meliau Village, Danau Sentarum ...................................... 82 Pulau Majang Village, Danau Sentarum ................................ 86 Seliban Village, Danau Sentarum ..................................... 91 Annex D: Investigations in Jambi Province ................................ 95 Jambi Background ................................................. 95 Dano Lamo Village, Kabupaten Batanghari .............................. 97 Teluk Kenali Village, Kotamadya Jambi ................................ 102 Arang Arang Village, Kabupaten Batanghari ............................ 107 Jambi Kecil Village, Kabupaten Batanghari ............................. 113 Annex E: Investigations in South Sumatra Province ........................ 119 South Sumatra Background ........................................ 119 Danau Ulak Lia Reserve, Kabupaten MuBa ............................ 122 Tanjung Sejaro Village, Kabupaten OKI ............................... 126 Danau Teluk Gelam Reserve, Kabupaten OKI .......................... 131 Benawa Village, Kabupaten OKI ..................................... 133 Annex F: Reference Material Collected .................................. 139 Page ii Regional Reserves Survey Report CRIFI / Dinas Perikanan / MRAG Executive Summary 1. The aims of this project are to identify ecological and institutional criteria for the selection and beneficial use of harvest reserves in tropical, artisanal river fisheries; and develop guidelines for their co-management in Indonesia. The purpose of the guidelines will be the delivery of economic benefits to fishing communities, derived from enhanced recruitment to exploited fish stocks. 2. A ‘reserve’ is often understood to mean an area totally closed to exploitation for the purpose of nature conservation. In contrast, this project defines a harvest reserve as a spatially defined area of water, managed with any specified set of technical regulations, intended to sustain or increase the potential fish yield available from existing, natural fish stocks, for the benefit of fishers. 3. The project will run from November 1997 to March 2000, and involves collaborators from MRAG Ltd (UK), the Central Research Institute for Fisheries, Indonesia (CRIFI), and three provincial Dinas Perikanan (Fisheries Extension Service) offices in West Kalimantan (Kalbar), Jambi and South Sumatra (Sumsel) in Indonesia. 4. The project includes the following five main phases or activities: Inception and Legal Workshop (project inception and prospects) Regional Reserve Survey (reserve identification and fieldwork planning) Monitoring Programmes (biological, socio-economic and institutional surveys) Analysis of Reserve Benefits (estimation of reserve benefits, and their causes) Dissemination and Training (preparation and presentation of guidelines) 5. The Regional Reserve Survey (RRS) took place between 9 February and 27 March 1998. It was undertaken by six main collaborators from CRIFI and MRAG, with one biologist, one economist and one sociologist/institutional analyst from each institute. This team was supported by locally-experienced Dinas Perikanan fisheries officers in each province. 6. The objectives of the RRS were to study a selection of known ‘reserves’ in the three study provinces in terms of their ecology (their waterbody types and catchment positions etc) and their management institutions (the agencies responsible for management, and the regulations used). The information collected was used to develop a conceptual reserve categorisation system to enable a broad range of reserve types to be selected for further study in the following Monitoring Programme phase. Secondary objectives of the RRS were to involve local stakeholders in the project at this early stage, and to collaborate on the clear definition of remaining project activities. 7. The introduction to this report is followed