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July 2017
Handline fishermen in Salumpaga, Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi. Photo credit: MDPI
It’s a pleasure for me to reach out to you all and inform you all on
our progress over these last 3 months. We are 6 months into our
year and in one way it feels like we have achieved so much, at the
same time it feels like there is still so much more to do!
Some highlights to inform you on include the progress we have
made in expanding the reach of our DMC-Co-management
program. This year we went from 3 active co-management groups
to 5 and one more to be established in the coming months. A
strong focus will be linking these provincial level groups to WPP
(Fisheries Management Area) level groups currently being
developed by the National government. Additionally, we have
continued to focus on Harvest Strategy development for Tuna in
archipelagic waters in collaboration with KKP and CSIRO, which
aims to meet some basic results and implementable actions for
archipelagic fisheries management within 2017! The Fair Trade
program is as ever growing and achieving tangible impact in the
communities as well as increasing acknowledgement and demand
from the market. We continue as before to work on issues
including data collection, vessel registration, FAD registration,
Fisheries Improvement and industry engagement.
A big event looming in the coming days is an international Think
Tank on moving Small Scale Fisheries towards Legal Reported and
Regulated status. This is the first time that MDPI, (with partners
Wageningen University, Walton Family Foundation and the
USAID Oceans project) has attempted to host an international
event of this size and it is daunting! We are excited about the
caliber of people who will be joining us here as we try to come up
with solutions for small scale fisheries and aim to identify ways
that ensure this sector can continue to strive.
I look forward to informing you on what we hope will be exciting
results and more updates in the next edition,
Momo Kochen
Program Director, Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia
Our Programs
Fisheries Improvement Data Management Committee (DMC)
MDPI facilitated 1 DMC meeting in each Nusa Tenggara Timur
(NTT) and Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB), and 2 DMC establishment
meetings in Sulawesi Utara and Sulawesi Selatan during April –
June. DMC is a co-management initiative to gather stakeholders
from government, universities, NGOs, industries and fishers to
discuss management of the fishery in their region, especially for
tuna and skipjack. It is a meeting where stakeholders can discuss
the data management in their region, the I-Fish data reporting,
data ownership, aspects of fisheries management and regulation
and further collaboration and contributions from each
stakeholder for the future DMC meetings.
MDPI would like to appreciate all fishermen and stakeholders who
participated in the latest DMC meetings: 1) NTT: BKKPN, WWF,
UD. Tunas Harapan, Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana, Stasiun
PSDKP Kupang, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kupang, PT. Primo
Indo Ikan Larantuka, DKP Provinsi NTT, PT. Nelayan Hidup
Makmur, CV. Armada Sanjaya Kupang, CV. Charlie Era Pranata. 2)
NTB: DKP Provinsi NTB, Universitas Mataram, Dinas
Pehubungan Provinsi NTB, DKP Kabupaten Lombok Timur, UD.
Usaha Mina Sumbawa, TNC Fisheries, UD. Rizki bersama, Dinas
DPMPTSP Provinsi NTB, Pelabuhan Perikanan Labuhan Lombok,
UD. Eka Tirta, WCS, Syahbandar Labuhan Lombok, PSDKP
Lombok Timur, UD. Erpa Utama, Universitas 45. 3) Sulawesi
Utara: WCPFC, PSDKP Bitung, BPPP Bitung, Poltek Bitung, DKP
Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow, DPMPTSP Provinsi Sulawesi
Utara, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, CTI, Pelabuhan PPS, DKP Kota
Bitung, DKP Provinsi Sulawesi Utara, PPP Tumompa, PT. Sinar
Pure Food, PT. BMB, DKP Kabupaten Minahasa Utara, Dinas
Perhubungan Provinsi Sulawesi Utara, DKP Kabupaten Minahasa
Tenggara, PT. Sari Tuna Makmur, DKP Kota Manado, BAPPEDA
Provinsi Sulawesi Utara, DKP Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow
Selatan.
DMC Establishment in Sulawesi Utara. Photo credit: MDPI
Assessment in North Maluku
MDPI conducted a tuna potential assessment in North Maluku on
May 3 – 9 for USAID SEA Project. The purpose of this assessment
is to see the potential and volume of tuna-rich area, the related
supply chains, and to see the updated condition based on data that
we collected from KKP, WCS and other research results in North
Maluku prior to the assessment.
The result of assessment will become the reference for site
establishment in North Maluku for data collection year 2018 as
part of USAID SEA Project in Fisheries Management Area
(Wilayah Pengelolaan Perikanan, WPP) 715.
Fishermen in Tidore, North Maluku. Photo credit: MDPI
About USAID SEA Project: The Indonesian Sustainable
Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project is a five-year project (March
2016 – March 2021) that supports the Government of Indonesia
(GOI) to improve the governance of fisheries and marine
resources and to conserve biological diversity at local, district,
provincial, and national levels. By using an ecosystem-based
approach to management (EBM) and engaging key stakeholders,
the objectives of the project are: (a) to support enhanced
conservation and sustainable use of marine resources by
reforming fisheries management and promoting marine protected
areas to enhance fisheries productivity, food security, and
sustainable livelihoods within the target areas; and (b) to support
the strengthening of the leadership role and capacity of the
MMAF and local governments to promote conservation and
sustainable fishing.
Endangered, Threatened and Protected (ETP) Species
Awareness
ETP Species Awareness in Parigi Village. Photo credit: MDPI
MDPI Conducted ETP Species Awareness in Sesar Village, Bula
District, Seram Bagian Timur Regency on May 19 and in Parigi
Village, Seram Utara District, Maluku Tengah Regency. In Sesar
Village, there were 13 people attended from fishermen and DKP
while in Parigi village, there were 44 people attended from
fishermen.
MDPI presented about ETP Species, their role in the environment
and the related regulations. After the presentation, MDPI asked
fishermen to share their experience when they encountered ETP
Species during fishing trips and many fishermen were excited to
share information about the ETP species they saw in their area.
The event was closed by a movie screening about sea ecosystems
to participants and to general audience in the village.
Both Mr. Darwis from DKP and the head of village in Parigi
appreciated this activity because it will give awareness to people
about ETP species and they hope that after this socialization,
people will have the knowledge and tools available to them to
adhere to government regulation regarding ETP species and to
know where to report illegal activity if they encounter it. During
this activity, the head of village also emphasized to fishermen to
not litter while at sea, including the carcass of tuna.
Communication &
Development Diskusi Santai Tentang Ikan bersama Nelayan
Communication and Development (CD) team visited Tolitoli,
Maluku and Lombok to conduct several activities: I-Fish Data
Communication Cruiseship, Short Lecture at University/School
and Movie Night. I-Fish Data Communication Cruiseship “Diskusi
Santai tentang Ikan” is a data dissemination event in fishing
community where we discussed I-Fish data with fishermen
involved in data collection activity. This event aims to increase
fishers understanding about the use and the importance of data
and data collection, especially for them. In this interactive event,
MDPI presented I-Fish data from last year to fishers and then
fishers can ask/request about the customized data they need, such
as bait use history per month, highest bycatch per month,
yellowfin tuna length frequency, and more.
Movie Night in Tolitoli, Sulawesi Tengah. Photo credit: MDPI
To complete the event, MDPI screened ocean and environmental
movies in fishing community attended by not only fishers, but also
their wives, kids and general audience in the community. Movie
night event is one of their favorite events because it is like an
entertainment-based education where they can enjoy a big screen
movie while learning about ocean ecosystem and ETP
(Endangered, Threatened and Protected) species.
In Short Lecture event, MDPI presented Sustainable Fisheries
intro, MDPI updates, Fair Trade and I-Fish data. All students and
teachers from Universitas Madako, Universitas Iqra’ Buru,
Universitas Pattimura and SMKN 1 Keruak were very active and
they were delighted on the potential for more collaboration and
interaction in the future between our programs and their
students.
Short Lecture in Universitas Pattimura Ambon. Photo credit: MDPI
World Tuna Day
MDPI celebrated Word Tuna Day on May 2, by conducted
simultaneous events in 12 sites from Sulawesi, Maluku, Nusa
Tenggara Barat, Nusa Tenggara Timur and Papua. In total, there
were 424 elementary students and 50 teachers involved in this
event. There were also 6 fishermen joined this event by sharing
their fishing experience in front of the class to give a general idea
about fishing life. It is very important to grow the love of the
environment, and sea in particular, because Indonesia is a
maritime country.
This simple activity is one of MDPI attempts to spread as wide as
possible the awareness about the importance of marine and
fisheries, not only to mature audiences, but also to young
audiences. It is also as an event where MDPI can engage with
community and to give fishermen an opportunity to share their
story to a broader audience.
Fishermen in front of the class. Photo credit: MDPI
Fair Trade Safety First: Fair Trade Fishermen are Now Equipped with
GPS (The Global Positioning System)
Fair Trade (FT), is an eco-certification with a difference… it is not
focused solely on the sustainability of the resource but also
supports improvements socially in the community and the supply
chain. The standard considers the stakeholder relationships; the
effects of fishing activity on the environment; the method of
fishing; the recording of fish catches; product traceability; the
factory and its workers, social standards, safety in the workplace
and more.
GPS purchasing. Photo credit: MDPI
Fishers Associations (FA) involved in the FT program and in efforts
to meet the standards to achieve FT certification will receive FT
premium fund paid by consumers who buy Fair Trade products.
This premium fund will go to the account of the Fair Trade
Committee (FTC) and not into fishers’ personal pockets and will
be used for community projects, including a 30% contribution to
environmentally focused projects.
Talking about safety in the workplace, FT wants to ensure that all
FT registered fishers already have good access to safety whether
they are at sea or on land. Until now, they already passed the
safety at sea training and first aid training, but they don’t have
important safety at sea tools like medicine box, buoys, compass
GPS and rain jackets. For that reason, FA Darah Tuna Haruo Abadi
in Haruo Village, Seram Island, decided to use FT premium fund to
buy GPS because there are many fishers who have the potential to
get lost at sea. Besides safety reason, additional benefit of using
GPS is time efficiency in finding the FAD (Fish Aggregating
Device) location and landing site location. In the FTC meeting,
they calculated the premium fund and agreed to purchase GPS for
all 22 registered vessels within their fisher association. Thanks to
the excellent collaboration of the FA Darah Tuna Haruo Abadi,
now all registered vessels enjoy the benefit of GPS. Time-efficient,
energy-saving and fuel-efficient makes fishers happy!
Fair Trade Training in Manila, Philippines
On May 24 – 26, MDPI Fair Trade (FT) team Jaz and Widi
attended a FT training in Manila. It was also attended by FT team
from Sri Lanka, Cote d’Ivoire, Maldives, USA and Philippines.
The training material including Fair Trade implementer exchange
where they discuss, share and learn from each other’s key
challenge and successes. In this event, MDPI who works in
seafood, learnt from other FT works in coconut and chocolate.
FT Manager, Yasmine Simbolon, in Manila. Photo credit: MDPI
On the last day of training, the agenda was FT Producer Visit to
continue the learning and exchange. One of the FT Certified
coconut producers hosted the participants on a farm visit. In this
opportunity, they discussed about premium fund investment.
Vessel Registration in Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi
On May 19, Dinas Perhubungan (Ministry of Transportation of
Republic Indonesia) Tolitoli held a small-scale fishing vessel
measurement activity. This activity was supported by Dinas
Kelautan dan Perikanan Tolitoli, MDPI, suppliers, CV. Mina Jaya
Bahari (fish industry) and Fair Trade (FT) Fishers Associations
(FA). The objective of doing vessel measurement is to combat IUU
Fishing (illegal, unreported or unregulated in the Fisheries
Management Area of the Republic of Indonesia – WPP RI).
Vessel registration in Tolitoli. Photo credit: MDPI
There were 68 vessels measured and this activity was attended by
59 participants: 2 people from Dinas Perhubungan Tolitoli
Regency (Pak M. Yusuf and Pak Zulkarnain), 1 person from CV.
Mina Jaya Bahari (Debriga), 2 people from MDPI (Hendri and
Anto) and suppliers, fishermen and fishermen’s wives.
Hopefully this activity can be one of the inspirations to fishermen
in other areas to start supporting Indonesian government in
combatting IUU Fishing and that working together we can get
compliance increasing in our fisheries.
Supply Chain
Think Tank: The Discussion Related to Small-scale Fisheries
and moving them toward being Legal, Reported and Regulated
(LRR) fisheries.
MDPI, along with our collaborating partners Wageningen
University, the Asia Pacific based USAID Oceans and the Walton
Family Foundation plan to host a Think Tank on “Moving Towards
Legal, Regulated and Reported Status for Small Scale Fisheries"
from July 18 – 21 in Bali, Indonesia.
The goal of the Think Tank is to identify solutions for proactively
dealing with growing demands for transparency, traceability and
compliance for developing world fisheries, given the increasing
demands being placed on international seafood supply chains by
major import markets. We will then explore whether and how
developing world fisheries can reverse the burden of proof of IUU
to develop LRR fisheries.
Until now the move towards LRR fisheries has predominantly
been in large scale fisheries, with projects and investment
targeting large vessels and their associated supply chains to meet
increasing regulation and requirements. Initially large scale
fisheries are seen as 'low hanging fruit', as well as the idea of
targeting large volumes with minimal effort have been the driver
for this. However, it is becoming increasingly obvious that LRR
fisheries are not only relevant for internationally focused supply
chains but is also extremely important within domestic fisheries
and supply chains and within small scale fisheries. In short, to meet
the demands of importers capacity and knowledge is needed that
is geared towards the dynamics of small scale fisheries.
The Think Tank will bring together 20-25 experts from various
backgrounds for a 3 day meeting (18th, 19th, and 20th of July).
Participants will be led through the development of several
solutions with which to develop an advocacy and action
programme with, including communication to a wider community
of donors, implementers, entrepreneurs. Our focus is global – we
are looking for ideas and solutions for small scale fisheries around
the world.
SeaWeb Seafood Summit 2017 in Seattle
Seaweb Seafood Summit in Seattle. Photo credit: Devin Harvey, SeaWeb
The SeaWeb seafood summit is an annual coming together of the
key players working on seafood sustainability, including
representatives from seafood business, NGO and academia. This
years’ conference theme was ‘Evolving Today’s Trends into
Tomorrow’s Sustainable Markets’. The topic of transparency and
traceability was clearly a trend with 5 sessions dedicated to this
topic and many other sessions commenting on the importance of
traceability for addressing a variety of seafood challenges.
Noteworthy is that in 2015, the SeaWeb seafood summit agenda
contained 1 session on traceability, in 2016 this increased to 4
sessions and this year the 5 sessions clearly show that traceability
is a topic that many people in the seafood industry are working on.
On Wednesday June 5, MDPI’s Stephani participated in the
conference’s first full female panel titled “Finding the One? How to
Pick a Traceability Provider… or Providers“. Stephani shared
MDPI’s experiences in implementing traceability technologies at
different nodes of handline tuna supply chains in Indonesia.
Following the panel discussion a world cafe was hosted where
session participants engaged the panellists in discussion about the
challenges and opportunities of traceability and factors that
should be taken into account when implementing traceability
initiatives and choosing a traceability provider.
Stephani described how MDPI used focus group discussions to
identify what technologies and data could mean for fishers,
middlemen and processors. Fisher for example, identified safety at
sea as a key challenge. The traceability technology ultimately
piloted by MDPI helps others know where a fisher is at sea.
Stephani also identified that the major challenges with
implementing technology in remote communities include poor cell
connection, hardware repairs and logistics for training. Additional
reflections highlighted the importance of ensuring that
technology meets needs rather than fulfilling functions that are
already available.
General Operational Team Strategic Meeting
MDPI Operation Team. Photo credit: MDPI
The strategic planning meeting for all operational staff was held on
Friday, June 16, 2017.
The purpose of the implementation of this strategic planning
meeting is to provide an overview of the contribution of
operational areas to achieve the vision and mission of the
organization; discussing operational observations of the new
system that has been implemented; improve the Standard
Operating Procedure of all operational divisions; discuss other
relevant operational issues; and of course to strengthen the
working relationship of all operational staff. In addition, a SOP
operational document / handbook will also be prepared based on
input from all operational teams to be provided to all MDPI staff
both at the Bali office and in the field.
MDPI Annual Report is out!
We are very proud to share the 2016 MDPI Annual Report,
summarizing many activities and achievements from our field sites
and in our organization throughout the previous year.
In MDPI, we are focused on achieving responsible and sustainable
small-scale fisheries in Indonesia by harnessing market forces.
Currently, we have 11 sites with 63 staff and we are extremely
excited to share the stories about our programs from our
departments: Communication and Development, Fair Trade,
Fisheries Improvement and Supply Chain.
Our staff, board, donors and partners are the key to our success,
and together, we are striving to improve the sustainability of small-
scale fisheries in Indonesia. Many thanks to you for your support
of MDPI to be a better organization.
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