Title
The effectiveness of the zoning system in the management of reef fisheries in the marine protected area of Karimunjawa National Park, Indonesia
Author(s)
Yuliana, Ernik ;Fahrudin, Achmad ;Boer, Mennofatria ;Kamal, Mohammad M. ;Pardede, Shinta T.;
Published
2016
Publisher
AACL Bioflux
Abstract
Karimunjawa National Park (KNP) is a nature conservation area which has an original ecosystem and a highly diverse coral reef. The management of fisheries in KNP uses the zoning system and regulation of fishing gear. This article was written to explain the effectiveness of the zoning system
in the management of reef fisheries. The study was conducted in KNP in Jepara Regency, Central Java Province between April and September 2015. The data were collected using the survey method, including both primary and secondary data. The respondents were reef fishers who live in Karimunjawa and Kemujan villages, chosen randomly and numbered 94 people. Secondary data were obtained from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and KNP Authority. The data analysis was done descriptively. The
effectiveness of the zoning system was measured from the fishers perception of the zoning, their compliance level, and the number of zoning law violations. The results of this study indicated that most of the fishers (65.95%) state that zone markers are not clearly visible, making it difficult for them to differentiate it. A percentage of 52.13% and 65.96% of the fishers did not reprimand and did not report
other fishers who caught fish in the core and protection zones to the KNPA. The fishers compliance level in average was 78.56%. The trend of cases concerning zoning and fishing gear infringements rose linearly between 2002 and 2014. There needs to be more intensive efforts to educate the public about the core and protection zones to build the fishers awareness.
Keywords
fishers perception;compliance level;infringement cases;zoning;fishing ground
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