Rapid Assessment Program 22 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment Center for Applied Biodiversity A Marine Rapid Assessment Science (CABS) of the Raja Ampat Islands, Conservation International (CI) Papua Province, Indonesia University of Cenderawasih Indonesian Institute ofSciences (LIPI) Sheila A. McKenna, Gerald R. Allen, Australian Institute of Marine and Suer Suryadi, Editors Science Western Australian Museum RAP Bulletin on Biological Assessment twenty-two April 2002 1 RAP Working Papers are published by: Conservation International Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Department of Conservation Biology 1919 M Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 USA 202-912-1000 telephone 202-912-9773 fax www.conservation.org www.biodiversityscience.org Editors: Sheila A. McKenna, Gerald R. Allen, and Suer Suryadi Design/Production: Glenda P. 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Any opinions expressed in the RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of CI. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment was formerly RAP Working Papers. Numbers 1-13 of this series were published under previous title. Suggested citation: McKenna, S.A., G.R. Allen, and S. Suryadi (eds.). 2002. A Marine Rapid Assessment of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 22. Conservation International, Washington, DC. Funding for this Marine RAP study and publication was generously provided by David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Henry Foundation, and the Smart Family Foundation Inc. Printed on recycled paper. 2 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Rapid Assessment Program Table of Contents Participants .................................................................................... 4 Chapter 5 ..................................................................................... 66 Condition of Coral Reefs at the Raja Ampat Organizational Profiles................................................................... 5 Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia Sheila A. McKenna, Paulus Bolis and Gerald R. Allen Acknowledgments .......................................................................... 8 Chapter 6 ..................................................................................... 79 Ringkasan Eksekutif ...................................................................... 9 Exploitation of Marine Resources on the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia Executive Summary ..................................................................... 13 Jabz Amarumollo and Muhammad Farid Overview ....................................................................................... 16 Images .......................................................................................... 87 Chapter 1 ..................................................................................... 26 Appendix 1 .................................................................................... 90 Reef corals of the Raja Ampat Islands, Checklist of Corals of eastern Indonesia and Papua Province, Indonesia the Raja Ampat Islands J.E.N. Veron Part I. Overview of Scleractinia ................................................... 26 J.E.N. Veron Appendix 2 .................................................................................. 104 Coral Species recorded at individual sites in Part II. Comparison of Individual Survey Sites ........................... 29 the Raja Ampat Islands Douglas Fenner D. Fenner Chapter 2 ..................................................................................... 37 Appendix 3 .................................................................................. 113 Molluscs of the Raja Ampat Islands, Molluscs recorded at the Raja Ampat Islands Papua Province, Indonesia F.E. Wells Fred E. Wells Appendix 4 .................................................................................. 132 Chapter 3 ..................................................................................... 46 List of the reef fishes of the Raja Ampat Islands Reef Fishes of the Raja Ampat Islands, G.R. Allen Papua Province, Indonesia Gerald R. Allen Appendix 5 .................................................................................. 186 List of target (commercially important) fishes Chapter 4 ..................................................................................... 58 of the Raja Ampat Islands A Basic Stock Assessment of Economically La Tanda Important Coral Reef Fishes of the Raja Ampat Islands, Papua Province, Indonesia Map ............................................................................................. 193 La Tanda RAP Bulletin on Biological Assessment twenty-two April 2002 2 Participants Gerald R. Allen, Ph. D. (Ichthyology and Douglas Fenner, Ph. D. (Reef Corals) Science Team Leader) Australian Institute of Marine Sciences Conservation International P.M.B. No. 3 1919 M St., N.W., Suite 600 Townsville, Queensland 4810, Washington, DC 20036 USA Australia Mailing address: Email: [email protected] 1 Dreyer Road Roleystone, WA 6111 Sheila A. McKenna, Ph. D. (Reef Ecology, Australia RAP Survey Team Leader) Fax: (618) 9397 6985 Conservation Biology Department Email: [email protected] Conservation International 1919 M St., N.W., Suite 600 Jabz Amarumollo (Community Liaison Team) Washington, DC 20036 USA Conservation International Email: [email protected] Jalan Bhayangkara I, No. 33 Jayapura, Indonesia 99112 Roger Steene (Photographer) Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 188 Cairns, Queensland 4870 Paulus Boli MSc. (Cenderawasih University, Australia Manokwari, Coral Reef Ecologist) Cenderawasih University John E. N. Veron, Ph. D. (Reef Corals) Manokwari, Papua Province, Indonesia Australian Institute of Marine Sciences Email: [email protected] P.M.B. No. 3 Townsville, Queensland 4810 Mohammed Farid (Community Liaison Team) Australia Conservation International Email: [email protected] Jalan Bhayangkara I, No. 33 Jayapura, Indonesia 99112 Fred E. Wells, Ph. D. (Malacology) Email: [email protected] Department of Aquatic Zoology Western Australian Museum La Tanda BSc. (Reef Fisheries) Francis Street Development Center for Oceanology (LIPI) Perth, WA 6000 Biak Field Station Australia Biak, Papua Province Email: [email protected] Indonesia 4 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Rapid Assessment Program Organizational Profiles Conservation International University of Cenderawasih (UNCEN) Conservation International (CI) is an international, University of Cenderawasih serves as a center of non-profit organization based in Washington, DC. CI excellence for Papuan students and provides a range of acts on the belief that the Earth’s natural heritage must educational services to the community. UNCEN’s be maintained if future generations are to thrive mission is to train and enhance the technological and spiritually, culturally, and economically. Our mission is human resources of Papua to the benefit of the Papuan to conserve biological diversity and the ecological people and community. The focus has been on processes that support life on earth and to demonstrate agriculture, economics, and fisheries. The Faculty of that human societies are able to live harmoniously with Agriculture is based at Manokwari and includes the nature. department of Fishery and Marine Science. 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