Stock Performance and Fishers’ Perception of Grouper and Snapper Fisheries in the Saleh Bay, Indonesia

• DOI: 10.18517/ijaseit.12.2.12493
• Publication Date: 2022-04-30T13:29:16Z
• Authors: Diding Sudira Efendi; Luky Adrianto; - Yonvitner; Yusli Wardiatno
• Keywords: Epinephelus; Stock (firearms); Stock assessment; Fisheries law; Governor; Fish stock; Overfishing

The legal basis of managing grouper and snapper fisheries in Saleh Bay is the Governor Regulation West Nusa Tenggara No. 32 2018. This study aims to assess stock performance understand fishers' perception regulation. In this study, we used length-based assessment, analysis, Rapid Appraisal for Fisheries technique. overall results showed that implementation governor management regulation was still not optimal, although potential spawning ratio (SPR) most fish stocks has higher than threshold, being over 20% (SPR limit reference point), except Epinephelus coioides. However, fishers had diverse perceptions regulations fully complied with important ones. These included minimum size catch allowed type fishing gear. Therefore, identify four strategies improve a more sustainable are: an intensive program increase public awareness about needs be conducted, policy must enforced should adopted as provincial future, surveillance capability law enforcement destructive practices (bombs potassium) strengthened, stakeholder participation engaged, social institutions community empowered by co-management. also highlights urgency establishing combination market-based (e.g., seafood certification) closed season aggregation areas complement existing fishery management.