FishSource - Greasy grouper - Aru Sea, Arafura Sea and Eastern Timor Sea

An Indonesian multispecies fishery captures Snappers nei, Groupers nei and other reef fishes. There is as yet no consensus as to the stock structure of these species. This profile may undergo restructuring in the future as new information comes to light.This profile refers to Aru Bay, Arafura Sea and Eastern Timor Sea (WPP-718) assessment unit (KKP 2011).

Grouper fisheries exist in most Indonesian FMAs, including Arafura, Aru and Timor Sea. The grouper fisheries within the regions are fished by thousand of fishers, including many subsistence fishers, meaning collection of data and information has proven to be challenging. The fisheries are targeted by multiple gears, including fish trawls which fish on the same fishing grounds as bottom longline and handlines. The fish trawls are large industrial-scale multi species vessels which transfer their catches directly to carrier vessels, and ship their catch directly overseas, particularly to Thailand and China.

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ANALYSIS

Strengths

Indonesia has developed a road map to develop and implement an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM). Since 2010, Indonesia has taken steps to develop indicators for the implementation of an EAFM. Groupers produced from aquaculture grow rapidly. The government has started a breeding project for the production of grouper juveniles in order to establish a stable aquaculture source. This will help to decrease the pressure on natural populations. Research into disease, food, and hybrids is also helping to improve grouper aquaculture quality (LINI 2014).

Weaknesses

Indonesia’s Commission for Stock Assessment 2010 report classifies many of the Arafura and Timor Seas fisheries as fully exploited or over exploited. This report proven that the current fishing levels on the snapper-grouper stocks in these regions are shown to be unsustainable. Furthermore recent reports showed that illegal unreported and unregulated fishing is still rampant in the Aru, Arafura and Timor Seas.

FISHSOURCE SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

NOT YET SCORED

Managers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Fishers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Stock Health:

Current
Health:

NOT YET SCORED

Future Health:

NOT YET SCORED

FIPS

Aru, Arafura and Timor Seas snapper and grouper - handlines, bottom set longline:

Stage 4, Progress Rating B

CERTIFICATIONS

No related MSC fisheries

Fisheries

Within FishSource, the term "fishery" is used to indicate each unique combination of a flag country with a fishing gear, operating within a particular management unit, upon a resource. That resource may have a known biological stock structure and/or may be assessed at another level for practical or jurisdictional reasons. A fishery is the finest scale of resolution captured in FishSource profiles, as it is generally the scale at which sustainability can most fairly and practically be evaluated.

ASSESSMENT UNIT	MANAGEMENT UNIT	FLAG COUNTRY	FISHING GEAR
Aru Sea, Arafura Sea and Eastern Timor Sea	Aru Sea, Arafura Sea and Eastern of Timor Sea (WPP-718)	Indonesia	Bottom-set longlines
			Handlines hand operated
			Mechanized lines

Fisheries

Analysis

OVERVIEW

Strengths

Weaknesses

1.STOCK STATUS

2.MANAGEMENT QUALITY

3.ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

FishSource Scores

MANAGEMENT QUALITY

STOCK HEALTH:

No data available

FishSource Scores

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

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Progress Rating: B

Evaluation Start Date: 1 May 2012

Type: Basic

Comments:

FIP rating remains B with last stage 3 and 4 achievements within the last 12 months.

1. FIP Development	Jul 12	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 July 2012 — Supply Chain Analysis of Indonesian Snapper in the US Market 1 January 2012 — FishSource evaluation available
2. FIP Launch	Jan 16	Confirmation of project participants 1 January 2016 — PT Intan Seafood and P.T. Permata Marindo Jaya will join FIP during 2016. 1 October 2013 — Hilo Fish joins the FIP 4 February 2013 — FIP agreement signed between original FIP participants, North Atlantic and PT Ilufa (now named PT Intan Seafood) 1 May 2012 — Fishing companies CV Jala Karya Mandiri and CV Karya Samudra join the FIP 1 March 2012 — a FIP agreement was approved and signed by FIP participants (North Atlantic and PT Ilufa)
2. FIP Launch	Jan 17	Workplan made public 1 January 2017 — Updated workplan (Jan 2017-December 2017) - with the status of activities underway and completed 1 March 2015 — Workplan for 2015 available 1 May 2012 — Detailed workplan 2012-2013
3. FIP Implementation	Oct 18	FIP activities undertaken 1 October 2018 — White paper reviewing ILO standards, Indonesian Labor Law, and fisheries labor rights according to International Seafares Union completed and published 10 March 2018 — FIP meeting in March to review2018 workplan and budget 1 December 2017 — Determine scalability of using VTS for small boat fisheries in remote locations 1 October 2017 — Design catch storage system to integrate with locational data - work in progress 1 October 2017 — 4 Design catch storage system to integrate with locational data 1 September 2017 — Analyze VTS locational data and fishing signature data after transshipment data upload 1 July 2017 — Upload VTS data to the stakeholders. Survey KKP transshipment locations for cell access 1 July 2017 — Upload VTS data to the stakeholders. Survey KKP transshipment locations for cell access 1 May 2017 — Import a storage system from PDS. And deliver the data to the stakeholders Global Fish Watch and BSI and Intan Seafood 1 May 2017 — Acitivies in workplan relating to Improve catch data reporting Better logbook formatting underway (see workplan update -follow url) 1 March 2017 — Improve Traceability on <30GT small vessels fishing inshore Indo waters - a series of activities underway based on the success of tracking 10 vessels (see stage 4), including investigation on how to scale up activities. 1 March 2017 — . Input bycatch data monthly 1 January 2015 — FIP consultation meeting with the staff of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) to discuss 2014 catch data recording. General feedback received from the MMAF to state that data recording has been improved. 1 January 2015 — FIP sent a letter to the MMAF to request a report from the observers onboard durng 2014. To date report has not been received, and another letter is planned to be submitted. 30 September 2013 — FIP participants together with the staff from the Fisheries District Office of Probolinggo and the Head of Sub-directorate of Evaluation of Fishery Resource Management, Directorate of Fishery ResourcesJakarta office reviewed data collection for the logbook.
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Aug 18	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 31 August 2018 — Catch data reports uploaded and published on FIP website 1 July 2016 — Large scale vessels installed VTS to improve data reporting and traceability. 1 July 2014 — FIP participants continue support to the Government enumerators to record catch at the landing site in Probolinggo Mayangan harbour 1 February 2013 — Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries established Ministerial Regulation regarding Implementation of Observers on Fishing Boats and Collecting Boats (Permen No.1/PERMEN-KP/2013)
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

Certifications

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

No related MSC certifications

Certifications

Sources

Credits

LINI. 2014. Literature Review of Grouper Fishery Condition in Indonesia. Grouper_-_Indonesia.pdf

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