MSC pre-assessment made available

Participants confirmed

Workplan made available

A paper on the use of MSE using the MERA tool to evaluate management procedures (MPs) for improving the management of the leopard coral grouper fishery in Saleh Bayhas been published. 

A SMART Patrol training was conducted in Saleh Bay and attended by 29 participants from the provincial and district agencies, community surveillance groups, and NGOs.

Two framework survey workshops were conducted in 2023 in an effort to obtain information on fishing vessels in West Nusa Tenggarra. The workshop findings revealed that only 15% of fishing vessels were identified from the estimates, highlighting the need for improvement in the fishing vessel data collection system.

Meeting held to discuss the most recent stock assessment and management activities in the Nusa province. 

Regulation No. 55/ 2023 has been adopted as an amendment to the West Nusa Tenggara regulation No. 32/ 2018. The new regulation considers updated mesh and gear size, the development of current scientific information, changes in management actions and problems faced for the sustainable management of snapper/ grouper fisheries.

Increase to PI 1.1.2; MERA assessment was conducted collaboratively from June-August 2022 resulting in a set of harvest control rules for Lutjanus malabaricus and Plectropomus leopardus. 

Increase to PI 2.4.3; Mapping of habitat distribution throughout the Saleh Bay was conducted in 2021-2022 and it's confirmed that VMEs exist within the fishery area.