Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone

Stacey, Natasha

doi:10.26530/oapen_458834

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“…Maintaining sustainable partnerships such as the one we have described will, over time, continue to present challenges as government priorities and funding opportunities wax and wane (Obura et al 2002). In the fishery at Scott Reef there is the added element of negotiation and agreement between the Australian and Indonesian governments required to operationalise a longer term joint research program and manage the fishery (for background on these tensions see Fox 2009;Stacey 2007). While the research has produced positive outcomes it is left to management to utilise the information for it to have value by intervening to curtail overfishing, rebuild stocks while, hopefully, minimising effects on the livelihoods of the participants.…”

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“…1). There are two important conditions Indonesian fishers must observe in the MOU Box: (1) using only sail powered fishing vessels to reach their fishing grounds; and (2) using non-motorised fishing equipment such as hand collection and free diving (Stacey 2007). In recent years the use of global position system receivers (GPS) to navigate has become common and kerosene pressure lamps are used for night fishing which is now the most productive fishing period.…”

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An unlikely partnership: fishers’ participation in a small-scale fishery data collection program in the Timor Sea

Prescott¹,

Riwu²,

Stacey

et al. 2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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Traditional fisheries stock assessment methods and fishery independent surveys are costly and time consuming exercises. However fishers trained in data collection and utilising other skills can reduce costs and improve fishery assessments and management. A data collection program was conducted by Australian and Indonesian scientists with small-scale Indonesian sea cucumber fishers to evaluate the approach and then capture its benefits. The data fishers recorded allowed for the first stock assessment of this trans-boundary fishery during its centuries-long existence at Scott Reef in northwestern Australia. The program also included interviews with fishers capturing the social, economic, and demographic aspects of the fishery. Economic inputs to fishing were complemented by fishery revenue data voluntarily submitted when fishers returned to port and sold their catch. Catch data recorded by fishers demonstrated much higher abundances than estimates obtained using standard visual transect methods and accurately reflected the true catch composition. However, they also showed extreme rates of exploitation. Interviews revealed social and economic factors that would be important considerations if management interventions were made. The program's approach and the time scientists spent on the fishers' vessels were key ingredients to fishers' participation and the utility of the results. Despite the program's achievements the information generated has not led to improved management or had any direct benefits for the participants. Sustaining the program in the longer term requires that its value is better captured.

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An unlikely partnership: fishers’ participation in a small-scale fishery data collection program in the Timor Sea

Prescott¹,

Riwu²,

Stacey

et al. 2016

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…The way in which profits are shared is quite simple, and is reminiscent of other accounts of share systems in Southeast Asia (Firth 1966;Stacey 2007)-one third goes to each of the two crew members, and one third goes to 'the boat'. Eder (2008: 70-1) reported that in San Vicente, if the owner of the net is not the owner of the boat, the net owner will also get a share of the profits.…”

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“…Similar to how this term has been used to describe another mobile maritime group, the Bajo, the implications of continual, purposeless movement are inaccurate (Lowe 2006;Stacey 2007). Instead, with many Visayan fishers, seasonal or even permanent migration is more common (Zayas 1994;Fabinyi 2010).…”

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Fishing for Fairness : Poverty, Morality and Marine Resource Regulation in the Philippines

Fabinyi¹

2012

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“…In this paper, we have chosen to use the term TEK, despite potential negative connotations associated with the word 'traditional' implying knowledge being frozen in time (Stacey 2007;Heckler 2009). Furthermore, the term 'ecological' tends to separate the social and spiritual aspects from the biological, whereas indigenous peoples do not regard these as separate knowledge forms (Berkes 1999) 2 .…”

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Prospects for whale shark conservation in Eastern Indonesia through bajo traditional ecological knowledge and community-based monitoring

Stacey¹,

Karam²,

Meekan³

et al. 2012

Conservat Soc

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The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a long-lived migratory species inhabiting tropical and warm-temperate waters worldwide. Seasonal aggregations of whale sharks in shallow coastal waters of many countries have led to the development of ecotourism industries. Whale sharks that aggregate seasonally at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia have a migration range within Indonesian and Southeast Asian waters. However, very little is known about their behaviour, local migration patterns, or potential threats faced in this region. In this study, we investigated traditional ecological knowledge of whale sharks through interviews with Bajo and other fi shers from fi ve settlements in the Timor and Roti Islands in eastern Indonesia. We found that there are culturally driven prohibitions and customary beliefs concerning whale sharks among Bajo fi shermen, who commonly sight sharks in the Timor Sea, in southern Indonesian and Timor Leste waters. Sightings are most common during the months of August to December. Interviews also indicate a low level of harvesting of whale sharks in the region. The results demonstrate the potential for combining traditional ecological knowledge and new technology to develop whale shark management strategies, and to determine the predictability of whale shark appearances as one vital factor in assessing the potential for development of small-scale whale shark ecotourism initiatives.

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Boats to Burn: Bajo Fishing Activity in the Australian Fishing Zone

Cited by 36 publications

References 9 publications

An unlikely partnership: fishers’ participation in a small-scale fishery data collection program in the Timor Sea

An unlikely partnership: fishers’ participation in a small-scale fishery data collection program in the Timor Sea

Fishing for Fairness : Poverty, Morality and Marine Resource Regulation in the Philippines

Prospects for whale shark conservation in Eastern Indonesia through bajo traditional ecological knowledge and community-based monitoring

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