Developing social and economic monitoring and evaluation systems in Indonesian tuna fisheries

Tuna fisheries in Indonesia are extensive and multi-sectoral, ranging from small-scale to industrial vessels, and with high levels of dependency on these fisheries for livelihoods and food among low income groups. 

Considerable social, economic and biological risks are associated with implementing management measures that are not tested in a modelling setting first. In particular, linkages and interdependencies between multiple sectors make trade-offs complex in Indonesian tuna fisheries, and raise the prospect of unintended consequences, including the possibility of substantial impacts on poor and food insecure groups. 

To enable assessment of the social and economic performance of alternative management measures in terms of their impacts on vulnerable communities, this project will a) synthesise existing knowledge, and identify appropriate methods, in relation to characterising interdependencies and determining fisheries dependency in Indonesian tuna fisheries, b) review national and provincial scale data sources to assess their value for system-wide social and economic monitoring and evaluation in the future and c) produce a draft conceptual framework for the purposes of identifying potential impacts of alternative management measures on vulnerable, tuna fishing dependent communities.

Chief investigators:
Professor Kate Barclay
Dr Nicholas McClean
Dr Umi Muawanah (Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
Associate Professor Michael Fabinyi

Funding body: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Project website: https://www.aciar.gov.au/project/fis-2020-109

 

Photo credit: Nick McClean