Sustainability Strategy for Small-Scale Fisheries Management: Case Study in Semarang City Coastal, Indonesia

Abstract

Small-scale fisheries in Semarang City have complex problems. In the existing condition, overcapacity and over-exploited have occurred. At the level of sustainability, each aspect of management (environment, fish resources, facilities and technology, socioeconomic, institutional and governance) is a challenge to achieve sustainable fisheries management in Semarang City. This study aims to formulate a sustainability strategy for small-scale fisheries management in Semarang City. The sustainability strategies for small-scale fisheries management in Semarang City that can be formulated are: (1) increasing efforts to conserve fish resources and ecosystems; (2) increasing the income and welfare of fishermen and poverty alleviation; (3) increase the productivity of capture fisheries; (4) improve law enforcement/fisheries regulations.